CVE-2026-24018

State: Published
Severity: 7.4 High
Published: Mar 10, 2026
Updated: Mar 11, 2026
Reserved: Jan 20, 2026

Description

A UNIX symbolic link (Symlink) following vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientLinux 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, FortiClientLinux 7.2.2 through 7.2.12 may allow a local and unprivileged user to escalate their privileges to root.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.4 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C	fortinet

Weaknesses

CWE-61 Escalation of privilege

Affected Products

Product	Versions
FortiClientLinuxFortinet	7.4.0 through 7.4.4Affected 7.2.2 through 7.2.12Affected

References

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-083

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