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CVE-2021-24020

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-24020 is a critical vulnerability affecting FortiMail versions 6.4.0 through 6.4.4 and 6.2.0 through 6.2.7, stemming from a missing cryptographic step in the hash digest algorithm. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass signature verification on signed URLs by appending additional data. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.2.0, <= 6.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.4.0, < 6.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0062 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

fortinetvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

fortiguard.com / advisory/FG-IR-21-027
Vendor Advisory