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Fortinet Fortigate Double free in automation-stitch (FG-IR-23-209)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 249171

Synopsis

Fortinet Firewall is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of Fortigate installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FG-IR-23-209 advisory.

 - A double free vulnerability [CWE-415] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.4.0, version 7.2.0 through 7.2.5 and before 7.0.12, FortiProxy version 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, version 7.2.0 through 7.2.7 and before 7.0.13 and FortiPAM version 1.1.0 through 1.1.2 and before 1.0.3 allows a privileged attacker to execute code or commands via crafted HTTP or HTTPs requests. (CVE-2023-45584)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

For 6.4.x, see vendor advisory. For 7.0.x, upgrade to Fortigate version 7.0.13 or later. For 7.2.x, upgrade to Fortigate version 7.2.6 or later. For 7.4.x, upgrade to Fortigate version 7.4.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-209

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 249171

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-23-209.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 8/12/2025

Updated: 8/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45584

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fortinet:fortios

Required KB Items: Host/Fortigate/model, Host/Fortigate/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45584