CVE-2024-21762

CRITICAL CISA KEV RANSOMWARE
ACT NOW Priority: 8.29 BB Relevance: 90/100
Published: 2024-02-09 Modified: 2026-10-22 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

Fortinet FortiOS contains an out-of-bound write vulnerability that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute code or commands via specially crafted HTTP requests.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Vendor / Product Fortinet — FortiOS
Date Added 2024-02-09
Remediation Due 2024-02-16
Ransomware Use CONFIRMED
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-015 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21762

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (10)

VendorProductVersion
fortinet fortios 6.0.0 – 6.0.18
fortinet fortios 6.2.0 – 6.2.16
fortinet fortios 6.4.0 – 6.4.15
fortinet fortios 7.0.0 – 7.0.14
fortinet fortios 7.2.0 – 7.2.7
fortinet fortios 7.4.0 – 7.4.3
fortinet fortiproxy 1.0.0 – 2.0.14
fortinet fortiproxy 7.0.0 – 7.0.15
fortinet fortiproxy 7.2.0 – 7.2.9
fortinet fortiproxy 7.4.0 – 7.4.3

Bug Bounty Relevance

90 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction
✓ Known exploited (KEV)
✓ High exploitation probability

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

84.59%
Raw Score 0.845890
Percentile 99.7%
Date 2026-10-28

Intelligence Sources

kev ref →
nvd ref →