Forticlient Ems 7.0.7 Release Notes
Forticlient Ems 7.0.7 Release Notes
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Introduction 5
Endpoint requirements 5
Supported web browsers 5
Licensing and installation 6
Special notices 7
FortiClient EMS Microsoft Visual C++ installation 7
SQL Server Standard or Enterprise with 5000 or more endpoints 7
Split tunnel 7
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
System Settings 12
Endpoint management 12
Endpoint policy and profile 13
Install and upgrade 13
Fabric devices 13
HA 13
Deployment and installers 14
Zero Trust tagging 14
Endpoint control 14
Performance 14
Vulnerability Scan 14
Other 15
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures 15
Known issues 16
Multitenancy 16
Dashboard 16
Endpoint management 16
Endpoint policy and profile 17
License 17
Install and upgrade 17
Zero Trust tagging 18
Deployment and installers 18
System Settings 18
Chromebook 19
Administration 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 7.0.7 build 0398:
l Special notices on page 7
l What's new on page 8
l Upgrading on page 9
l Product integration and support on page 10
l Resolved issues on page 12
l Known issues on page 16
For information about FortiClient EMS, see the FortiClient EMS 7.0.7 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.
The latest version of the following web browsers can be used to connect remotely to the FortiClient EMS 7.0.7 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 Upgrading Microsoft SQL Server Express to
Microsoft SQL Server Standard or Enterprise.
Split tunnel
In EMS 7.0.7, 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, change the configuration to
per-tunnel.
For information about what's new in FortiClient EMS 7.0.7, see the FortiClient & FortiClient EMS 7.0 New Features
Guide.
You must first upgrade EMS to 7.0.3 or a later version before upgrading FortiClient from 7.0.2
or an earlier version.
FortiClient EMS does not support downgrading to previous EMS versions.
The following table lists version 7.0.7 product integration and support information:
l 7.0.2 and later
l 6.4.7 and later
If Use SSL certificate for Endpoint Control is disabled on EMS, EMS supports the
following FortiClient (Windows) versions:
l 7.0.0 and later
l 6.4.0 and later
FortiOS l 7.0.0 and later (for zero trust network access, 7.0.6 or later is recommended)
l 6.4.0 and later
FortiSandbox l 4.2.0 and later (for detailed reports on files that FortiSandbox has detected)
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 7.0.7. For inquiries about a particular bug or to report a bug, contact
Customer Service & Support.
License
Bug ID Description
821767 FortiClient Cloud license expiry error.
System Settings
Bug ID Description
Endpoint management
Bug ID Description
772402 EMS does not move endpoint to correct workgroup based on installer ID after deploying
FortiClient from EMS.
780630 EMS does not fully update Active Directory schema.
813513 Administrator cannot download or view Sandbox malware report.
821704 EMS always reports device state as managed in verified and unverified user table even after
FortiClient unregisters from EMS.
825673 EMS clears all entries after upgrade and does not allow traffic for some users.
827269 Policy is out of sync when moving endpoints using group assignment rules.
Bug ID Description
799062 FortiClient does not send Web Filter traffic logs to FortiAnalyzer.
810123 EMS VPN before logon does not appear with fresh FortiClient installation.
811199 FortiGate to EMS Web Filter profile synchronization misbehaves for Chromebook profiles.
823595 For a newly created profile, <invalid_cert_action> should be set to warning by default
when EMS applies a valid certificate.
Bug ID Description
824303 EMS upgrade breaks Malware Protection profiles with XML error.
Fabric devices
Bug ID Description
824210 EMS shows error when handling incoming FortiGate gateway information
/api/v1/fgt/gateway_details/gateway_mac.
HA
Bug ID Description
816314 Restoring database does not restore EMS configuration/settings in always on availability
environment.
Bug ID Description
814700 FIPS feature is gone after manual upgrade with FIPS-enabled installer that EMS created.
Bug ID Description
821700 Dynamic firewall list on FortiGate does not list FortiClient endpoints.
823801 EMS does not dynamically remove CVE zero trust tag after FortiClient patches related
vulnerabilities.
827300 Endpoint does not get correct zero trust network access tag.
Endpoint control
Bug ID Description
Performance
Bug ID Description
812927 FCEMS_Das keeps restarting.
Vulnerability Scan
Bug ID Description
740041 Vulnerability logging does not include filepath and applications.
Other
Bug ID Description
814515 Int overflow on spInsertClientQuarantineFiles.
Bug ID Description
792536 FortiClient EMS 7.0.7 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE References:
l CVE-2022-22720
l CVE-2022-22719
l CVE-2022-22721
l CVE-2022-23943
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information.
The following issues have been identified in version 7.0.7. For inquiries about a particular bug or to report a bug, contact
Customer Service & Support.
Multitenancy
Bug ID Description
745854 Super administrators convert to site administrators after enabling multitenancy.
777642 Global site does not list FortiCloud license- and account-related logs.
816600 Non-default site database does not update EMS serial number after new license upload.
820803 License distribution modal shows incorrect information.
Dashboard
Bug ID Description
781654 EMS does not remove dashboard outbreak alerts when endpoint disconnects.
817485 Drilldown on macOS vulnerability includes unrelated vulnerabilities.
Endpoint management
Bug ID Description
691790 EMS should not allow downloading requested diagnostic result for FortiClient (Linux).
760816 Group assignment rules based on IP addresses do not work when using split tunnel.
770364 EMS does not disable third party features for non-Windows endpoints.
785186 EMS does not remove user from policy after deleting the domain.
786738 Anti-Ransomware Events tab is visible after disabling the feature in Feature Select.
792447 EMS fails to show zero trust network access (ZTNA) feature in endpoint details
enabled/disabled features section.
Bug ID Description
792652 EMS cannot delete domain.
803887 GUI does not show assigned installer for fresh domain machine during deployment.
808266 Dashboard widget has incorrect results for endpoints with Windows operating systems.
819196 The multipart identifiers cs.software_id and cs.is_missing cannot be bound.
831359 Forensics Analysis Download Report option opens the report instead of downloading it.
834228 EMS reports endpoint vulnerability when Vulnerability Scan is not installed on the endpoint.
Bug ID Description
466124 User cannot change <nat_alive_freq> value.
766445 EMS enables or disables profile feature for all policies that use the defined profile.
826013 Setting Vulnerability Scan patch status to Not does not work.
826940 EMS does not save <temp_whitelist_timeout> in an endpoint profile.
833819 Backing up configuration files on FortiClient Cloud results in import errors.
License
Bug ID Description
823690 EMS includes Removable Media Access feature when using ZTNA user-based license.
827875 Non-default site's License information page shows irrelevant license information.
Bug ID Description
Bug ID Description
712522 FortiGate does not receive some endpoint tags from EMS after upgrading.
765375 User in Active Directory Group Zero Trust Network Access rule does not identify domains.
810778 FortiClient tag information is not shared equally to connected FortiGate Fabric devices.
815736 EMS fails to apply NOT for On-Fabric Status rule while creating a new tag.
832328 EMS tags endpoint with threat ID rule after clearing firewall events.
Bug ID Description
666289 EMS does not report correct deployment package state.
714496 FortiClient Cloud upgrade keeps installer on instance and causes disk to have no space.
773672 Disabling installer ID in FortiClient installer does not take effect.
764999 EMS does not list FortiClient versions in official installer list if FortiGuard distribution server
(FDS) blocks EMS from downloading said versions.
783690 The system does not prompt for reboot after user login.
824936 EMS fails to deploy FortiClient when manually created FortiClient installer is updated.
System Settings
Bug ID Description
784554 EMS displays error while importing ACME certificate.
794841 Email alerts are not triggered when the number of available licenses is less than 10% of the
total.
807340 EMS tries to connect to FortiGuard Anycast server on port 8000.
Chromebook
Bug ID Description
777957 EMS assigns the wrong profile.
Administration
Bug ID Description
678899 Persisting LDAP configuration in multitenancy global/default/non-default administration
users.
Performance
Bug ID Description
731097 Updating or disabling policy assigned to large number of AD endpoints takes long time to
process.
759729 Possible slow httpd file handle leak.
HA
Bug ID Description
809344 High availability (HA) does not start if starting without the database.
809396 EMS on HA backup generates a generic error.
Configuration
Bug ID Description
745913 SMTP configuration fails authentication.
Endpoint control
Bug ID Description
776626 FortiClient may fail to get Web Filter custom message when EMS runs in high availability
mode.
813439 FortiClient registered with EMS IP address does not deregister from EMS when Enforce
invitation-only registration for is set to ALL.
813531 EMS does not push profile to endpoints if they connect to EMS after enabling the feature
under EMS System Settings.
822914 EMS does not have a mechanism to keep the client aware of the new license expiration date.
827200 EMS displays some devices as having no user.
833717 EMS shows endpoints as offline, while endpoints show their own statuses as online.
GUI
Bug ID Description
717433 Patching a vulnerability for a specific endpoint patches it on others.
731074 Importing the same JSON file for zero trust tagging twice introduces duplicate tags.
767469 EMS marks many endpoints as not installed after upgrading.
774880 You can import the same Zero Trust tagging rules multiple times by clicking the Import button
multiple times.
793313 Detailed deployment states list does not fit in window.
811774 EMS with Remote Access-only license shows unrelated feature options on GUI.
Bug ID Description
793926 FortiShield blocks spoolsv.exe on Citrix virtual machine servers.
License
Bug ID Description
823458 EMS with Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)-only license and ZTNA feature enabled reports
EPP license as consumed but fails to quarantine endpoint.
Remote access
Bug ID Description
830899 FortiClient becomes unlicensed while connected to SSL VPN.
Bug ID Description
830117 EMS fails to update email address from personal information form in FortiClient.
Endpoint security
Bug ID Description
783287 Let's Encrypt ACME certificate request fails due to port 80 on autotest system.
Bug ID Description
813928 EMS retrieves the EOAP signature from FDS but does not show it on the GUI.
Workaround: Restart fcems services to display all FortiGuard outbreak detection rules on the
GUI.
819025 With multiple sites, EMS fails to display FortiGuard outbreak detection rules downloaded from
FDS.
Onboarding
Bug ID Description
819203 Authorized user group name should be full path.
820060 EMS displays same device list with the same login and registration LDAP user on verified user
and unverified user tables.
822126 Delete SAML configuration message shows incorrect active users.
Bug ID Description
585763 User cannot log in to FortiClient Cloud if they are using the same browser for login to on-
premise EMS.
Workaround: In FortiClient Cloud 7.0.6 and 7.0.7, you can clear the browser client cache or
use a different browser.
832144 User cannot call APIs in FortiClient Cloud.
Workaround: In FortiClient Cloud 7.0.6 and 7.0.7, you can clear the browser client cache or
use a different browser.
2022-08-31 Initial release.
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