CVE-2021-24011
HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: May 10, 2021 at 11:43 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFortiNAC
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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC version below 8.8.2 may allow an admin user to escalate the privileges to root by abusing the sudo privileges.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 8.8.1
Affected range stops below 8.8.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-038SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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