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At Systems Engineering, we are highlighting these vulnerabilities as they affect the Fortinet solutions we support. Specifically, these issues impact FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiClient EMS, and FortiClient for Windows. ### SCOPE These vulnerabilities affect multiple aspects of these products including Management Interfaces, VPNs, Cryptographic keys, device registration, and other aspects of these products. These vulnerabilities include but not limited to, unauthenticated remote code execution, creating malicious files, and denial-of-service attacks. #### **List of Fortinet Advisories** | **NAME** | **SEVERITY** | | --- | --- | | [Admin Account Persistence after Deletion](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-239) | **HIGH** | | [Out of bounds read in ipsec ik](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-266) | HIGH | | [Arbitrary file write on GUI](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-152) | HIGH | | [Authentication bypass in Node.js websocket module](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535) | HIGH | | [CVE-2023-4863](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-381) [Heap overflow in Chrome/libwebp](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-381) | HIGH | | [Command injection in csfd daemon](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-222) | HIGH | | [EMS console login under brute force attack does not get locked](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-476) | HIGH | | [Hardcoded Session Secret Leading to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-260) | CRITICAL | | [Missing authentication for managed device configuration files](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-135) | HIGH | | [Multipart Form Data Denial of Service](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-219) | HIGH | | [OS Command Injection](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-463) | HIGH | | [Out-of-bounds Write in sndproxy](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-106) | HIGH | | [Restricted Shell Escape via Argument Injection](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-258) | HIGH | | [Path traversal in csfd daemon](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-259) | HIGH | | [Weak Authentication in csfd daemon](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-221) | HIGH |   ### **COURSE OF ACTION** Fortinet has released security updates to remediate affected systems. 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