Fortinet’s Bug Bash: Critical Flaws Fixed, But Are Your Admin Passwords Safe?
Fortinet announced patches for 10 vulnerabilities, including a critical bug in FortiSwitch that lets attackers modify admin passwords with a crafty request. Disabling HTTP/HTTPS access and restricting host connections can mitigate this flaw. Users are urged to update swiftly—because nobody wants their network security to go viral for the wrong reasons!
Hot Take:
Fortinet’s latest vulnerability patches are the cybersecurity equivalent of a Swiss Army knife—handy, multipurpose, and just a little bit uncomfortable to sit down with in your pocket. From FortiSwitch’s make-your-passwords-disappear trick to FortiIsolator’s code execution magic, these updates are a grab bag of “please fix me before the hackers find me” goodies. So, if you’re not interested in your network becoming the digital equivalent of Swiss cheese, it might be time to update those systems!
Key Points:
- Fortinet patched 10 vulnerabilities, including a critical bug in FortiSwitch.
- The FortiSwitch vulnerability (CVE-2024-48887) could allow password modification by unauthenticated attackers.
- Other patched issues include man-in-the-middle attack vulnerabilities and OS command injection flaws.
- Fortinet suggests disabling HTTP/HTTPS and restricting host access as mitigation strategies.
- No current evidence of these vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild, but updates are strongly advised.