Threats / Fortinet / CVE-2024-23113
CVE-2024-23113
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Fortinet Multiple Products vulnerability
A format string vulnerability in multiple Fortinet products allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted requests.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
Format string flaws in Fortinet FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy, and FortiWeb enable remote code execution without authentication. Active exploitation in the wild increases risk to exposed instances.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Public proof-of-concept exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
12 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-10-09).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.61725 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Fortinet, Multiple Products. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-134 Format String.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
WeaknessCWE-134 · Format String
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious request containing format string specifiers targeting the vulnerable Fortinet product.
Business
Attacker gains remote code execution capability on security infrastructure, bypassing authentication controls.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the compromised Fortinet service process.
Business
Critical security appliances become fully compromised, enabling lateral movement into protected networks.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I establish persistent access and exfiltrate sensitive data or configuration from the compromised system.
Business
Confidentiality and integrity of network security posture are compromised; incident response and forensics become necessary.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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