critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2024-55591Fortinet FortiOS — websocket request grants super-admin

FortiOS 7.0 and FortiProxy 7.0 and 7.2 accept crafted requests to their websocket module along a path that skips the sign-in, so a remote attacker comes out holding super-administrator rights.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Apply Fortinet FG-IR-24-535 now; exploitation is near certain and ransomware crews use it, so review administrator accounts once patched.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
98%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2025-01-14
Added to KEV
2025-01-14
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
—
Severity
critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsNetwork access to the management interface; no credentials needed.

Behind the card

3 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2024-55591 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24