Administrator cookie leakage

Summary

An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability (CWE-522) in FortiOS and FortiProxy may allow an attacker to obtain the administrator cookie in rare and specific conditions, via tricking the administrator into visiting a malicious attacker-controlled website through the SSL-VPN.

Version Affected Solution
FortiOS 7.4 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 Upgrade to 7.4.2 or above
FortiOS 7.2 7.2.0 through 7.2.6 Upgrade to 7.2.7 or above
FortiOS 7.0 7.0.0 through 7.0.12 Upgrade to 7.0.13 or above
FortiOS 6.4 6.4.0 through 6.4.14 Upgrade to 6.4.15 or above
FortiOS 6.2 6.2.0 through 6.2.15 Upgrade to 6.2.16 or above
FortiOS 6.0 6.0 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiProxy 7.4 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 Upgrade to 7.4.2 or above
FortiProxy 7.2 7.2.0 through 7.2.7 Upgrade to 7.2.8 or above
FortiProxy 7.0 7.0.0 through 7.0.13 Upgrade to 7.0.14 or above
FortiProxy 2.0 2.0 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiProxy 1.2 1.2 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiProxy 1.1 1.1 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiProxy 1.0 1.0 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
Follow the recommended upgrade path using our tool at: https://docs.fortinet.com/upgrade-tool

Acknowledgement

Internally discovered and reported by Gwendal Guégniaud of Fortinet Product Security team.

Timeline

2024-04-09: Initial publication