High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 8, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-41021
CVE-2021-41021
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.
Affected products
14cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:8.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:8.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:8.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:8.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:8.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:8.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:8.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:8.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:8.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <=8.8.8, <=9.1.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-182nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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