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CVE-2024-21762

Published: January 26, 2026
Last updated:14 hours ago (January 26, 2026)
Exploit: YesZero-day: YesPatch: YesTrend: Trending
TL;DR
Updated January 26, 2026

CVE-2024-21762 is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Exploits are available; patches have been released and should be applied urgently. This is classified as a zero-day vulnerability.

Key Points
  • 1Critical severity (CVSS 9.8/10)
  • 2EPSS: 93.00% - very high likelihood of exploitation
  • 3Public exploits are available
  • 4Vendor patches are available
  • 5Strobes Priority Score: 999/1000 (Critical)
  • 6Affects products from: Fortinet
Severity Scores
CVSS v39.8
CVSS v20.0
Priority Score999.0
EPSS Score93.0
Critical
Exploitation LikelihoodCritical
93.00%EPSS

Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

Immediate patching required
93.00%
EPSS
9.8
CVSS
Yes
Exploit
Yes
Patch
Critical Priority
high EPSS • exploit exists • critical severity • high priority

EPSS predicts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days based on real-world threat data, complementing CVSS severity scores with actual risk assessment.

Description

Fortinet FortiOS contains an out-of-bound write vulnerability that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute code or commands via specially crafted HTTP requests.

CVSS v3 Breakdown
Attack Vector:Network
Attack Complexity:Local
Privileges Required:Network
User Interaction:Network
Scope:Unchanged
Confidentiality:High
Integrity:High
Availability:High
Exploit References
Cisa.govGitHubGitHubGitHubGitHubGitHubGitHubGitHubGitHubGitHub
Patch References
[email protected]Zeroday CZ
Trend Analysis
Trending
Vulnerable Products
VendorProduct
FortinetFortios
FortinetFortiproxy
Advisories
CISA: Fortinet FortiOS contains an out-of-bound write vulnerability that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute code or commands via specially crafted HTTP requests.
GitHub AdvisoryNVD
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Strobes VI. (2026). CVE-2024-21762 - CVE Details and Analysis. Strobes VI. Retrieved January 27, 2026, from https://vi.strobes.co/cve/CVE-2024-21762
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