What is CVE-2024-40588?

CVE-2024-40588 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Forticamera, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-40588?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Fortinet Forticamera

CVE-2024-40588

Multiple relative path traversal vulnerabilities [CWE-23] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiCamera 2.1 all versions, FortiCamera 2.0.0, FortiCamera 1.1 all versions, FortiCamera 1.0 all versions, FortiMail 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiMail 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, FortiMail 7.2 all versions, FortiMail 7.0 all versions, FortiMail 6.4 all versions, FortiNDR 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiNDR 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiNDR 7.2 all versions, FortiNDR 7.1 all versions, FortiNDR 7.0 all versions, FortiRecorder 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, FortiRecorder 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, FortiRecorder 6.4 all versions, FortiVoice 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, FortiVoice 6.4.0 through 6.4.9, FortiVoice 6.0 all versions may allow a privileged attacker to read files from the underlying filesystem via crafted CLI requests.

EPSS: 0.002 (7.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Fortinet Forticamera — versions 2.1.0, 2.0.0, 1.1.0
Fortinet Forticamera_firmware
Fortinet Fortimail — versions 7.6.0, 7.4.0, 7.2.0
Fortinet Fortindr — versions 7.6.0, 7.4.0, 7.2.0
Fortinet Fortirecorder — versions 7.2.0, 7.0.0, 6.4.0
Fortinet Fortivoice — versions 7.0.0, 6.4.0, 6.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-23 — Relative Path Traversal

References

psirt@fortinet.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40588?: CVE-2024-40588 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Forticamera, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-40588?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.