CVE-2026-24018 (GCVE-0-2026-24018)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-10 16:44 – Updated: 2026-03-11 13:08
VLAI?
Summary
A UNIX symbolic link (Symlink) following vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientLinux 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, FortiClientLinux 7.2.2 through 7.2.12 may allow a local and unprivileged user to escalate their privileges to root.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-61 - Escalation of privilege
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | FortiClientLinux |
Affected:
7.4.0 , ≤ 7.4.4
(semver)
Affected: 7.2.2 , ≤ 7.2.12 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientlinux:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Nomenclature
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