{"id":64302,"date":"2025-08-25T03:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T03:19:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-02T02:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T08:09:47","slug":"cve-2024-26009-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-fortinet-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-26009-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-fortinet-products\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-26009: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Fortinet Products<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A severe vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-26009, has been discovered in a range of Fortinet products, including FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiPAM. This vulnerability, classified as an authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel (CWE-288), has the potential to allow unauthorized attackers to take control of a managed device. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43275-critical-race-condition-vulnerability-in-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71647\">vulnerability is especially critical<\/a> as it enables an attacker to bypass authentication and seize control of a system without needing any user interaction, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-26009<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: System compromise, Potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53495-unauthorized-access-data-leakage-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72603\">data leakage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3540300335\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Fortinet FortiOS | 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, before 6.2.16<br \/>\nFortinet FortiProxy | 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, before 7.0.15<br \/>\nFortinet FortiPAM | Before 1.2.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of a vulnerability in the Fortinet products where an attacker can use specially crafted FortiGate-FortiManager protocol (FGFM) requests to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44957-ruckus-smartzone-authentication-bypass-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74029\">bypass the authentication<\/a> process. The exploit&#8217;s success hinges on the attacker knowing the FortiManager&#8217;s serial number, enabling them to take control of a device managed by the FortiManager.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-262574569\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This example represents an FGFM request, where &#8220;malicious_payload&#8221; is a specially crafted request:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/fgfm\/endpoint HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;FortiManager_serial_number&quot;: &quot;known_serial_number&quot;, &quot;malicious_payload&quot;: &quot;...&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This is purely a conceptual representation of an attack and does not represent an actual exploit code. The actual malicious payload would be specifically crafted to exploit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27046-critical-memory-corruption-vulnerability-threatening-system-integrity\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75064\">vulnerability in the target system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recommended mitigation for this vulnerability is to apply the vendor-supplied patch. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. It is also recommended to avoid exposing Fortinet devices to the internet and to restrict <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-37103-hard-coded-login-credentials-vulnerability-in-hpe-networking-instant-on-access-points\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92144\">network access<\/a> to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A severe vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-26009, has been discovered in a range of Fortinet products, including FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiPAM. This vulnerability, classified as an authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel (CWE-288), has the potential to allow unauthorized attackers to take control of a managed device. 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