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Fortinet Urges FortiSwitch Upgrades to Patch Critical Admin Password Change Flaw

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CVE-2024-48887
A unverified password change vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to change admin passwords via a specially…
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 Ravie Lakshmanan  Apr 08, 2025 Network Security / Vulnerability Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting FortiSwitch that could permit an attacker to make unauthorized password changes. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-48887 , carries a CVSS score of 9. 3 out of a maximum of 10.

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