# CVE-2024-55591

An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] affecting FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.16 and FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.19 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.12 allows a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges via crafted requests to Node.js websocket module.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2024-55591
- CVSS: 9.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2025-01-14; CISA due date 2025-01-21; known ransomware use
- EPSS: 94.35%
- Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 10 GitHub proofs of concept · 1 Nuclei template (first 2025-01-16)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total (assessed 2025-01-22)
- Weakness: CWE-288
- Published: 2025-01-14

## Affected versions

- Fortinet FortiOS: affected >= 7.0.0 and <= 7.0.16
- Fortinet FortiProxy: affected >= 7.2.0 and <= 7.2.12; >= 7.0.0 and <= 7.0.19

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-55591

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