CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-40585

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An insertion of sensitive information into log file vulnerabilities [CWE-532] in FortiManager version 7.4.0, version 7.2.3 and below, version 7.0.8 and below, version 6.4.12 and below, version 6.2.11 and below and FortiAnalyzer version 7.4.0, version 7.2.3 and below, version 7.0.8 and below, version 6.4.12 and below, version 6.2.11 and below eventlog may allow any low privileged user with access to event log section to retrieve certificate private key and encrypted password logged as system log.

How to fix

Remediation Available
fortianalyzerNVD
Affected:>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.4Fixed in:7.2.4CVE-2024-40585derived from NVD
fortimanagerNVD
Affected:>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.4Fixed in:7.2.4CVE-2024-40585derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days
19thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 19% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-20440High7.551%--
CVE-2018-3609High8.122%--
CVE-2018-8719Medium5.316%--
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-07-23.