A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability [CWE-312] in FortiClientWindows 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, 7.0.0…

published 2024-12-18 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-44611

cvss: 5.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability [CWE-312] in FortiClientWindows 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13 and FortiClientLinux 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13 may permit a local authenticated user to retrieve VPN password via memory dump, due to JavaScript's garbage collector

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

fortinet forticlient 7.0.14, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.4.2, 7.4.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2024-12-18)

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:X/RC:X
CNA	3.1	5.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Fortinet FortiClientMac
Fortinet FortiClientLinux
Fortinet FortiClientWindows

Classification

Weakness

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Technology feeds

Fortinet rss critical rss

References

fortiguard.fortinet.com /psirt/FG-IR-23-278
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-50570
NVD CVE-2024-50570

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Summary