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Resolved issues

Resolved issues

The following issues have been fixed in FortiClient (macOS) 7.0.8. For inquiries about a particular bug, contact Customer Service & Support.

GUI

Bug ID

Description

828283 Chinese warning message for EMS certificate is empty.

845597

GUI becomes inactive after connecting to VPN.

Install and upgrade

Bug ID

Description

754722 Uninstall deployment from EMS 7.0.2 does not work.
811001 Intune deployment script does not check installed FortiClient (macOS) version.

833058

Full disk access permission guidance is not proper/accurate on macOS Ventura 13.0 beta with M1 chip.

Malware Protection and Sandbox

Bug ID

Description

857482 Built-in antivirus (AV) engine is not updated to 6.00282.

860065

FortiClient does not report the last AV scan time.

Deployment and installers

Bug ID

Description

721823 Deployment status always shows as Endpoint Notified in EMS GUI.

Remote Access

Bug ID

Description

765621 FortiClient has network connection issue after waking from sleep mode.
779797 FortiClient fails to establish SSL VPN with FQDN resolving to multiple gateways.
791930 Autoconnect only when off-net fails to trigger autoconnect when endpoint is off-net and user logs off and logs in to system.
797559 SSL VPN host check validation does not work for SAML users.
813241 FortiClient cannot reconnect to SSL VPN without credentials.
840710 VPN autoconnect has issue when there is network error.
840789 VPN autoconnect has issue when EMS is offline.
840816 epctrl takes a long time before it sends message to FortiTray to connect to VPN.
854065 FortiClient continuously shows invalid certificate warning when connecting to SSL VPN with SAML using FortiAuthenticator with untrusted certificate as identity provider.
861923 FortiClient fails to autoconnect to IPsec VPN with certificate.
864632 FortiClient (macOS) and macOS 13 Ventura have DNS inconsistency.
884896 Remote Access tab is slow after registering VPN gateway.
889184 GUI shows VPN is connected when FortiGate tunnel peer status shows inactive. Always up fails.

Onboarding

Bug ID

Description

833090 EMS shows wrong user account after switching device users on endpoint and registering with EMS IP address or FQDN.

Web Filter and plugin

Bug ID

Description

771853 Web Filter does not work as expected on macOS 12 Monterey.
819138 Display In-Browser Message shows blank page and bubble notification but no message.
829164 Security Risk websites violation list is not on Web Filter tab.
834104 FortiClient (macOS) on macOS 11.6, 12 with M1 chip, and 12.5 with M2 chip cannot access network when EMS sets use_transparent_Proxy=1.
835652 Web Filter has issue when all categories are blocked.
839694 Upgrade from 7.0.6 breaks network connectivity after reboot.

Zero Trust Telemetry

Bug ID

Description

754345 FortiClient does not autoregister to FortiClient Cloud after reboot when user manually disconnects from FortiClient (macOS) from FortiClient Cloud.

Endpoint control

Bug ID

Description

841149 Endpoint tries to use zero trust network access (ZTNA) certificate when ZTNA is disabled.
841737 EMS does not report endpoint VPN IP addresses to FortiGate if it is connected with IPsec VPN.

Zero trust tags

Bug ID

Description

805201 Security > FileVault Disk Encryption is enabled tag does not update dynamically when encryption status changes.

861166

On-Fabric detection rule that pings multiple IP addresses does not work for macOS.

Application Firewall

Bug ID

Description

827917 Macbook Pro has network connectivity issue.

ZTNA connection rules

Bug ID

Description

832631 After switching Wi-Fi networks, ztagent daemon does not run and ZTNA feature does not work.

845674

When registering FortiClient, FortiClient (macOS) does not install ZTNA certificate in keychain silently if certificate authority cert is already trusted and imported in system.

892111

FortiClient (macOS) does not have safeguard to check if ZTNA certificate has private key associated in certificate store, making CSR to EMS if certificate is missing private key.

Other

Bug ID

Description

850528 FortiClient (macOS) does not always get IPv4 address from https://www.ipify.org/.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Bug ID Description

848892

FortiClient (macOS) 7.0.8 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference:

  • CVE-2023-22635

Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information.

Resolved issues

The following issues have been fixed in FortiClient (macOS) 7.0.8. For inquiries about a particular bug, contact Customer Service & Support.

GUI

Bug ID

Description

828283 Chinese warning message for EMS certificate is empty.

845597

GUI becomes inactive after connecting to VPN.

Install and upgrade

Bug ID

Description

754722 Uninstall deployment from EMS 7.0.2 does not work.
811001 Intune deployment script does not check installed FortiClient (macOS) version.

833058

Full disk access permission guidance is not proper/accurate on macOS Ventura 13.0 beta with M1 chip.

Malware Protection and Sandbox

Bug ID

Description

857482 Built-in antivirus (AV) engine is not updated to 6.00282.

860065

FortiClient does not report the last AV scan time.

Deployment and installers

Bug ID

Description

721823 Deployment status always shows as Endpoint Notified in EMS GUI.

Remote Access

Bug ID

Description

765621 FortiClient has network connection issue after waking from sleep mode.
779797 FortiClient fails to establish SSL VPN with FQDN resolving to multiple gateways.
791930 Autoconnect only when off-net fails to trigger autoconnect when endpoint is off-net and user logs off and logs in to system.
797559 SSL VPN host check validation does not work for SAML users.
813241 FortiClient cannot reconnect to SSL VPN without credentials.
840710 VPN autoconnect has issue when there is network error.
840789 VPN autoconnect has issue when EMS is offline.
840816 epctrl takes a long time before it sends message to FortiTray to connect to VPN.
854065 FortiClient continuously shows invalid certificate warning when connecting to SSL VPN with SAML using FortiAuthenticator with untrusted certificate as identity provider.
861923 FortiClient fails to autoconnect to IPsec VPN with certificate.
864632 FortiClient (macOS) and macOS 13 Ventura have DNS inconsistency.
884896 Remote Access tab is slow after registering VPN gateway.
889184 GUI shows VPN is connected when FortiGate tunnel peer status shows inactive. Always up fails.

Onboarding

Bug ID

Description

833090 EMS shows wrong user account after switching device users on endpoint and registering with EMS IP address or FQDN.

Web Filter and plugin

Bug ID

Description

771853 Web Filter does not work as expected on macOS 12 Monterey.
819138 Display In-Browser Message shows blank page and bubble notification but no message.
829164 Security Risk websites violation list is not on Web Filter tab.
834104 FortiClient (macOS) on macOS 11.6, 12 with M1 chip, and 12.5 with M2 chip cannot access network when EMS sets use_transparent_Proxy=1.
835652 Web Filter has issue when all categories are blocked.
839694 Upgrade from 7.0.6 breaks network connectivity after reboot.

Zero Trust Telemetry

Bug ID

Description

754345 FortiClient does not autoregister to FortiClient Cloud after reboot when user manually disconnects from FortiClient (macOS) from FortiClient Cloud.

Endpoint control

Bug ID

Description

841149 Endpoint tries to use zero trust network access (ZTNA) certificate when ZTNA is disabled.
841737 EMS does not report endpoint VPN IP addresses to FortiGate if it is connected with IPsec VPN.

Zero trust tags

Bug ID

Description

805201 Security > FileVault Disk Encryption is enabled tag does not update dynamically when encryption status changes.

861166

On-Fabric detection rule that pings multiple IP addresses does not work for macOS.

Application Firewall

Bug ID

Description

827917 Macbook Pro has network connectivity issue.

ZTNA connection rules

Bug ID

Description

832631 After switching Wi-Fi networks, ztagent daemon does not run and ZTNA feature does not work.

845674

When registering FortiClient, FortiClient (macOS) does not install ZTNA certificate in keychain silently if certificate authority cert is already trusted and imported in system.

892111

FortiClient (macOS) does not have safeguard to check if ZTNA certificate has private key associated in certificate store, making CSR to EMS if certificate is missing private key.

Other

Bug ID

Description

850528 FortiClient (macOS) does not always get IPv4 address from https://www.ipify.org/.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Bug ID Description

848892

FortiClient (macOS) 7.0.8 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference:

  • CVE-2023-22635

Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information.