Fortinet Discloses Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2024-21762 in FortiOS

Fortinet published a security advisory detailing CVE-2024-21762, a vulnerability in FortiOS that can lead to remote code execution ^[1]. The vendor urged users to immediately upgrade to a patched version or apply mitigations described in the advisory ^[1]. Because network appliance vulnerabilities of this type are frequently exploited for initial access, unpatched devices should be remediated promptly and inspected for anomalous connections ^[1].

Organisations running: Fortinet FortiOS

Because network appliance vulnerabilities of this type are frequently exploited for initial access, unpatched devices should be remediated promptly and inspected for anomalous connections ^[1].