CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-41028

7.5 HIGH Published 2021-12-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-12-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.4 MEDIUM — AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-295, CWE-798

Description

A combination of a use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability [CWE-321] in FortiClientEMS 7.0.1 and below, 6.4.6 and below and an improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-297] in FortiClientWindows, FortiClientLinux and FortiClientMac 7.0.1 and below, 6.4.6 and below may allow an unauthenticated and network adjacent attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack between the EMS and the FCT via the telemetry protocol.

Affected configurations

• fortinet forticlient (>= 6.0.0 <= 6.0.9) • fortinet forticlient (>= 6.2.0 <= 6.2.9) • fortinet forticlient (>= 6.4.0 <= 6.4.6) • fortinet forticlient 7.0.0 • fortinet forticlient 7.0.1 • fortinet forticlient endpoint management server (>= 6.2.0 <= 6.2.9) • fortinet forticlient endpoint management server (>= 6.4.0 <= 6.4.6) • fortinet forticlient endpoint management server 7.0.0 • fortinet forticlient endpoint management server 7.0.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials weakness

References