Fortinet warns about a new critical vulnerability in FortiOS SSL VPN that could be used in attacks. The flaw, known as CVE-2024-21762 / FG-IR-24-015, has a severity rating of 9.6.
It is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in FortiOS. This vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to execute remote code by using malicious requests.
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Upgrade to the latest version indicated in the following table to fix the bug, as recommended by Fortinet:
Source: Bleeping computer
To protect against the vulnerability, disable SSL VPN on your FortiOS devices.
This flaw was disclosed today along with CVE-2024-23113 (Critical/9.8 rating), CVE-2023-44487 (Medium), and CVE-2023-47537 (Medium). However, these flaws are not marked as being exploited in the wild.