Medium severity · published Feb 2, 2022
CVE-2021-36177
An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiAuthenticator HA service 6.3.2 and below, 6.2.x, 6.1.x, 6.0.x may allow an attacker on the same vlan as the HA…
4.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiAuthenticator HA service 6.3.2 and below, 6.2.x, 6.1.x, 6.0.x may allow an attacker on the same vlan as the HA management interface to make an unauthenticated direct connection to the FAC's database.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Fortiauthenticator · Fortinet
6.0.0 before 6.3.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36177
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36177
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-217
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