Privileged code execution via crafted CLI commands
Published Mar 11, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Stack-buffer overflow in affected Fortinet FortiMail CLI releases allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted CLI commands. Fortinet identifies the CLI as the locus but has not disclosed the command handler or copy operation that overruns its stack buffer. Successful exploitation requires a privileged account with CLI access and permits compromise of the appliance's data, configuration, and operation.
Summary
What happened
Stack-buffer overflow in affected Fortinet FortiMail CLI releases allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted CLI commands. Fortinet identifies the CLI as the locus but has not disclosed the command handler or copy operation that overruns its stack buffer. Successful exploitation requires a privileged account with CLI access and permits compromise of the appliance's data, configuration, and operation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-46663
- Published
- Mar 11, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Fortinet
- Product
- FortiMail
- Classifications
- CWE-121, T1059.008
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=6.4.0 <=6.4.8
- Affected versionversion=7.0.0 <=7.0.8
- Affected versionversion=7.2.0 <=7.2.7
- Affected versionversion=7.4.0 <=7.4.3
- Affected versionversion=7.6.0 <=7.6.1
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