Release Notes: Forticlient Ems 7.0.2
Release Notes: Forticlient Ems 7.0.2
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Introduction 4
Endpoint requirements 4
Supported web browsers 5
Licensing and installation 5
Special notices 6
FortiClient EMS Microsoft Visual C++ installation 6
SQL Server Standard or Enterprise with 5000 or more endpoints 6
Split tunnel 6
Endpoint security improvement 6
What's new 8
Upgrading 9
Upgrading from previous EMS versions 9
Downgrading to previous versions 9
Product integration and support 10
Resolved issues 12
License 12
Upgrade 12
Zero Trust tagging 12
Administration 12
Other 13
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures 13
Known issues 14
Multitenancy 14
Dashboard 14
Endpoint management 14
Endpoint policy and profile 15
Zero Trust tagging 15
Deployment and installers 16
System Settings 16
Administration 16
Fabric devices 16
FortiGuard Outbreak Alert 17
System Settings 17
License management 17
Other 17
Change log 19
FortiClient Endpoint Management Server (EMS) is a system intended to be used to manage installations of FortiClient. It
uses the Endpoint Control protocol and supports all FortiClient platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
OS, Apple iOS, and Chrome OS. FortiClient EMS runs on a Microsoft Windows server.
This document provides the following information for FortiClient EMS 7.0.2 build 123:
l Special notices on page 6
l What's new on page 8
l Upgrading on page 9
l Resolved issues on page 12
l Known issues on page 14
For information about FortiClient EMS, see the FortiClient EMS 7.0.2 Administration Guide.
Endpoint requirements
The following FortiClient platforms are supported:
l FortiClient for Microsoft Windows
l FortiClient for macOS
l FortiClient for Linux
l FortiClient for Android OS
l FortiClient for iOS
l FortiClient for Chromebooks
See Product integration and support on page 10 for FortiClient version support information.
FortiClient is supported on multiple Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms. EMS supports all such platforms
as endpoints.
Supported web browsers
The latest version of the following web browsers can be used to connect remotely to the FortiClient EMS 7.0.2 GUI:
l Google Chrome
l Microsoft Edge
l Mozilla Firefox
Internet Explorer is not recommended. You may need to enable remote access from the FortiClient EMS GUI. See To
enable remote access to FortiClient EMS.
Ensuring that all installed software, including EMS and SQL Server, is up-to-date, is
considered best practice.
The EMS installation includes installation of Microsoft Visual C++ (VC) 2015. If the server already has a newer version of
VC installed, the installation fails. See VC++ 2015 Redistributable installation returns error 1638 when newer version
already installed.
If you have a version of VC installed on your server that is newer than 2015, uninstall VC before installing EMS.
When managing more than 5000 endpoints, install SQL Server Standard or Enterprise instead of SQL Server Express,
which the EMS installation also installs by default. Otherwise, you may experience database deadlocks. The minimum
SQL Server version that FortiClient EMS supports is 2017. See the FortiClient EMS Administration Guide.
Split tunnel
In EMS 7.0.2, you configure application split tunnel using per-tunnel configuration, not a global configuration. If you are
upgrading from an older version that uses the global application split tunnel configuration, ensure that you change the
configuration to per-tunnel.
EMS 7.0.2 adds an improvement to endpoint security that impacts compatibility between FortiClient and EMS, and the
recommended upgrade path. The FortiClient 7.0.2 installer is not available on FortiGuard Distribution Servers (FDS). To
use the FortiClient 7.0.2 installer, you must download it from Customer Service & Support. See Endpoint security
improvement.
If Use SSL certificate for Endpoint Control is disabled, EMS displays a popup that the SSL certificate is not secure even if
the SSL certificate is publicly signed and trusted. The banner also displays the same message.
If the EMS server certificate is invalid, and FortiClient is upgraded to 7.0.2, by default, FortiClient displays a warning
message on the GUI when trying to connect to the EMS. The end user should click allow to complete the connection.
FortiClient does not connect to the EMS if the end user selects deny. If the end user selects deny, FortiClient retries
connecting to the EMS after a system reboot. The same warning message displays while trying to connect to the EMS.
The end user should click allow to complete the connection.
EMS 7.0.2 adds an improvement to endpoint security to follow industry standards. See Endpoint security improvement.
You must upgrade EMS to 7.0.2 before upgrading FortiClient.
FortiClient EMS supports direct upgrade from EMS 6.2 and 6.4. To upgrade older EMS versions, follow the upgrade
procedure outlined in FortiClient and FortiClient EMS Upgrade Paths.
With the new endpoint security improvement feature, there are backward compatibility issues to consider while planning
upgrades. See Recommended upgrade path.
You cannot upgrade FortiClient EMS 6.4.7 to 7.0.2.
FortiClient EMS does not support downgrading to previous EMS versions.
The following table lists version 7.0.2 product integration and support information:
FortiOS l 7.0.0 and later
l 6.4.0 and later
FortiSandbox l 4.0.0 and later (for detailed reports on files that FortiSandbox has detected)
l 3.2.0 and later (for detailed reports on files that FortiSandbox has detected)
l 3.1.0 and later (for detailed reports on files that FortiSandbox has detected)
l 3.0.0 and later
l 2.5.0 and later
Installing and running EMS on a domain controller is not supported.
The following issues have been fixed in version 7.0.2. For inquiries about a particular bug or to report a bug, contact
Customer Service & Support.
License
Bug ID Description
741560 Licenses for all tenants are retracted.
Upgrade
Bug ID Description
722394 Upgrading EMS fails on Windows Server Core.
Bug ID Description
740581 Cannot manage Zero Trust Network Access policy.
Administration
Bug ID Description
742168 Administrators page is empty after importing user from LDAP server.
Other
Bug ID Description
711352 Deadlocks on fcm_error logs.
743531 High CPU usage for sqlservr.exe on systems with deployment enabled.
Bug ID Description
721744 FortiClient EMS7.0.2 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference:
l CVE-2021-41028
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information.
746418, 751517 FortiClient EMS 7.0.2 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference:
l CVE-2021-3711
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information.
752422 FortiClient EMS7.0.2 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE References:
l CVE-2021-42013
l CVE-2021-41773
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information.
The following issues have been identified in version 7.0.2. For inquiries about a particular bug or to report a bug, contact
Customer Service & Support.
Multitenancy
Bug ID Description
722030 FortiGate cannot get endpoint record information from EMS 7.0 and FortiOS 7.0.
722144 FortiClient cannot connect with non-default site after deleting non-default site and recreating
it.
722178 FortiGate cannot get notification from EMS to call host_tag API when EMS creates new Zero
Trust Network Access tag or deletes an old one.
750711 With FQDN enabled, URL is incorrect when switching between different sites.
751261 Administrator cannot delete specific users when multitenancy is enabled.
751889 EMS fails to import certificate from local ACME server if managing multiple custom sites.
Dashboard
Bug ID Description
744018 Dashboard displays wrong license expiration alert.
Endpoint management
Bug ID Description
705010 EMS shows endpoints with incorrect username.
725170 Vulnerabilities that FortiClient has detected do not show in EMS.
728428 FortiClient Cloud does not have LDAP management option for administrator roles.
737217 EMS and FortiClient (Windows) report different management statuses.
Bug ID Description
744649 Domain endpoint does not reregister after deleting domain.
750415 Administrator cannot delete domains.
Bug ID Description
726911 FortiClient GUI does not show tags.
736179 Profile must add support for using browser as external user agent for SAML SSL VPN.
736997 Testing XML fails with errors found in the following components during parsing:
Sandboxing:'sbcloud'.
737592 XML configuration becomes overwritten.
739218 Removable media access XML settings are not updated to EMS GUI.
742325 User cannot access URL from endpoint when URLs are set as simple expression exclusion
list in EMS Web Filter.
742843 Missing warn_invalid_server_certificate value crashes GUI after upgrade.
746469 When creating an SSL VPN tunnel manually with XML, the certificate check details do not get
passed to the main XML.
750022 Real-time protection Delete option does not delete file or prompt for virus detection.
751718 Web Filter changes from FortiManager or FortiGate sync incorrectly.
Bug ID Description
718145 Endpoint record entries disappear from FortiGate when using EMS tags.
743765 Zero Trust tags do not save values.
Bug ID Description
700462 FortiClient download URL refresh button fails to get new IP address.
729978 EMS fails to create deployment package that includes Windows and macOS images.
733322 Wrong configuration in default configuration of FortiClient installer. Registration after
deployment fails.
751917 Editing a deployment package results in multiple recreations of the zip file.
756267 Administrator cannot delete custom installer with name that includes a space.
System Settings
Bug ID Description
755166 Redirect HTTP request to HTTPS does not work.
Administration
Bug ID Description
737139 Total number of endpoints that EMS shows is less when logged in as a read-only
administrator.
744566 SAML SSO user should have restricted permissions by default.
Fabric devices
Bug ID Description
682639 EMS never updates Fabric Devices state after authorizing the FortiGate.
708672 FortiGate can only show one FortiClient (latest connected via SSL VPN) in endpoint record list
and only this FortiClient gets dynamic address.
Bug ID Description
744403 EMS sends sysinfo changed updates to FortiGate when data has not changed.
753719 Issues on EMS (httpd.exe) with one FortiGate connected.
Bug ID Description
730007 Add EOAP package version info into FortiGuard Signature Information page.
732130 EMS must differentiate between FortiGuard Outbreak Alert rules and Zero Trust tagging rules
when sending them to FortiClient.
System Settings
Bug ID Description
729499 Endpoints fail to update antivirus (AV) signatures, causing EMS to consistently send AV out-
of-date email notifications.
745913 SMTP configuration fails authentication.
751922 After deleting custom certificate, Chromebook port 8443 still holds same certificate.
License management
Bug ID Description
716126 FortiSASE instance uses next generation endpoint security licenses.
741773 Maximum amount of license seats used per tenant causes FortiClient to lose Application
Firewall and Malware Protection tabs.
Other
Bug ID Description
702712 Many Cannot enumerate AD Domain until email alert is sent for previous error warning errors
in EMS logs.
Bug ID Description
720518 Memory error while compressing data errors in FCM error logs.
747752 Three FOS_Server.exe process restarts on EMS.
2021-10-25 Initial release.
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