Medium 5.5Published Sep 10, 2024

CVE-2024-21753A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, FortiClientEMS 7.0 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all…

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 9:40 PM ET)

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A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, FortiClientEMS 7.0 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.02 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.2 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.00 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.0 all versions, FortiClientEMS 01.02.02 through 01.02.05 allows attacker to perform a denial of service, read or write a limited number of files via specially crafted HTTP requests

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H/E:H/RL:U/RC:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: fortinet
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 22, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 22, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Fortinet FortiClientEMS fortinet:forticlientems	from 7.2.0 through 7.2.4; from 7.0.0 through 7.0.13; from 6.4.7 through 6.4.9; from 6.4.0 through 6.4.4; from 6.2.6 through 6.2.9; from 6.2.3 through 6.2.4; from 06.02.00 through 06.02.02; 6.0.8; and 2 more ranges	CNA record
fortinet forticlient_endpoint_management_server fortinet:forticlient_endpoint_management_server	from 1.2.1 through 1.2.5; from 6.0.0 through 6.0.8; from 6.2.0 through 6.2.9; from 6.4.0 through 6.4.9; from 7.0.0 through 7.0.13; from 7.2.0 through 7.2.4	NVD

References

References

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-362	vendor-advisory

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