# CVE-2024-23113: Fortinet Multiple Products Format String Vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-23113-fortinet-multiple-products-format-string-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-10-09. Updated: 2026-05-09  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-23113 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2024-10-09

A format string vulnerability in multiple Fortinet products allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specially crafted packets. The flaw stems from the use of externally-controlled format strings in several versions of FortiOS, FortiProxy, FortiPAM, and FortiSwitchManager.

Technologies: [Apple Multiple Products](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/multiple-products). Vendors: [Apple](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/apple).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-23113 exploited in the wild?** Yes. CVE-2024-23113 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 9 October 2024. Treat it as urgent.

**How severe is CVE-2024-23113?** Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 9 October 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Fortinet FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13; Fortinet FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.14; Fortinet FortiPAM 1.2.0, 1.1.0 through 1.1.2, 1.0.0 through 1.0.3; Fortinet FortiSwitchManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-23113?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2024-23113 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in an operating system.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-23113?** Check whether you run Apple Multiple Products. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Fortinet FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13
- Fortinet FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.14
- Fortinet FortiPAM 1.2.0, 1.1.0 through 1.1.2, 1.0.0 through 1.0.3
- Fortinet FortiSwitchManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3

## Timeline

- 2024-02-15: disclosed: Initial NVD publication date
- 2024-10-09: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
- 2024-10-09: advisory: CISA advisory published

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