CVE-2021-41021

HIGH

FortiNAC <8.8.8, <9.1.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC versions 8.8.8 and below and 9.1.2 and below may allow an admin user to escalate the privileges to root via the sudo command.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-182

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 11.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

Status published
Products (12)
fortinet/fortinac 8.8.0
fortinet/fortinac 8.8.1
fortinet/fortinac 8.8.2
fortinet/fortinac 8.8.3
fortinet/fortinac 8.8.4
fortinet/fortinac 8.8.5
fortinet/fortinac 8.8.6
fortinet/fortinac 8.8.7
fortinet/fortinac 8.8.8
fortinet/fortinac 9.1.0
... and 2 more
Published Dec 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026