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🛡️ CVE-2024-36511 — fortiadc

🟢 CVSS 3.7 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-358 NVD
3.7
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

An improperly implemented security check for standard vulnerability [CWE-358] in FortiADC Web Application Firewall (WAF) 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2 all versions, 7.1 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.1 all versions, 6.0 all versions when cookie security policy is enabled may allow an attacker, under specific conditions, to retrieve the initial encrypted and signed cookie protected by the feature

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-36511 is classified as CWE-358: Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard. The product does not implement or incorrectly implements one or more security-relevant checks as specified by the design of a standardized algorithm, protocol, or technique.

Affected software

CVE-2024-36511 is recorded against 1 package.

  • fortiadc (from 6.0.0 up to 7.4.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 10 September 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

fortiguard.fortinet.com

Other advisories for this package

fortiadc has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-358: Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard) in other software:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 3.7
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-358
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-09-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
fortiadc 6.0.0 7.4.5

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