CVE-2026-24018High· 7.4▾ MidnightPoC availableA 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.
▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild
impact 40.7 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 1 source. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake. The CVSS score shown above comes from the assigning CNA record, not NVD.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Nov 6.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via CVEORG
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.3%
1 GitHub repo (last check)
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.
FortiClientLinux >= 7.4.0 <= 7.4.4FortiClientLinux >= 7.2.2 <= 7.2.12Upgrade to FortiClientLinux version 8.0.0 or above Upgrade to FortiClientLinux version 7.4.5 or above Upgrade to FortiClientLinux version 7.2.13 or above
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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