PT-2024-10211 · Fortinet · Fortios

Published 2024-09-11 · Updated 2025-01-15 · CVE-2024-46668

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FortiOS versions 6.4.0 through 6.4.15 FortiOS versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.15 FortiOS versions 7.2.0 through 7.2.8 FortiOS versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.4

Description The issue is related to an allocation of resources without limits or throttling, which may allow an unauthenticated remote user to consume all system memory via multiple large file uploads. This can impact the availability of protected information.

Recommendations For FortiOS versions 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. For FortiOS versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.15, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. For FortiOS versions 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. For FortiOS versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to FortiOS API endpoints that may be vulnerable to large file uploads until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-00541

CVE-2024-46668

Affected Products

Fortios

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46668 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-46668 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-00541 · Security Note
• https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-219 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46668 · Security Note
• https://reddit.com/r/k12cybersecurity/comments/1i1xpbm/msisac_cybersecurity_advisory_multiple · Reddit Post
• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-219 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/?id.291517 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1879174646412853738 · Twitter Post