High severity · published Dec 8, 2021
CVE-2021-41014
A uncontrolled resource consumption in Fortinet FortiWeb version 6.4.1 and below, 6.3.15 and below allows an unauthenticated attacker to make the httpsd daemon unresponsive via…
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A uncontrolled resource consumption in Fortinet FortiWeb version 6.4.1 and below, 6.3.15 and below allows an unauthenticated attacker to make the httpsd daemon unresponsive via huge HTTP packets
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Fortiweb · Fortinet
6.0.0 through 6.0.7; 6.2.0 through 6.2.5; 6.3.0 through 6.3.15; 6.1.0; 6.1.1; 6.1.2; +2 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41014
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41014
Patch
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-131
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