What is CVE-2024-52968?

CVE-2024-52968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-52968?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Fortinet Forticlient

CVE-2024-52968

An improper authentication in Fortinet FortiClientMac 7.0.11 through 7.2.4 allows attacker to gain improper access to MacOS via empty password.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2025-02-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 13.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fortinet Forticlient — versions 7.4.0
Fortinet Forticlientmac — versions 7.4.0, 7.2.3, 7.0.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-300 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-52968?: CVE-2024-52968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-52968?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.