🛡️ CVE-2023-41842 — fortianalyzer

🟡 CVSS 6.7 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-134 NVD
6.7
CVSS Score
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Description

A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability [CWE-134] vulnerability in Fortinet allows a privileged attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted command arguments.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-41842 is classified as CWE-134: Externally Controlled Format String. User input is used as a format string, letting an attacker read or write memory through format specifiers.

Affected software

CVE-2023-41842 is recorded against 4 packages.

  • fortianalyzer (from 7.4.0 up to 7.4.2)
  • fortianalyzer-big-data
  • fortimanager (from 7.4.0 up to 7.4.2)
  • fortiportal (from 5.3.0 up to 6.0.15)

Timeline and source

Published on 12 March 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

fortiguard.com
fortiguard.com

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.7
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-134
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-03-12
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
fortianalyzer 7.4.0 7.4.2
fortianalyzer-big-data — —
fortimanager 7.4.0 7.4.2
fortiportal 5.3.0 6.0.15

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