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CVE-2026-24858

9.8, critical Known exploited

Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability

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CVSS
9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
86% higher than 99.7% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
27 Jan 20268 months ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 27 Jan 2026. US federal agencies had to remediate by 30 Jan 2026, a deadline that has passed.

Required action. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 7.6.0 through 7.6.5, FortiAnalyzer 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, FortiAnalyzer 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, FortiAnalyzer 7.0.0 through 7.0.15, FortiManager 7.6.0 through 7.6.5, FortiManager 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, FortiManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, FortiManager 7.0.0 through 7.0.15, FortiNAC-F 7.6.3 through 7.6.5, FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.5, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.10, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.12, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.18, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.12, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.15, FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.22, FortiWeb 8.0.0 through 8.0.3, FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.6, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.11 may allow an attacker with a FortiCloud account and a registered device to log into other devices registered to other accounts, if FortiCloud SSO authentication is enabled on those devices.

Details

Vendor
Fortinet and 1 more
Product
FortiWeb
Weakness
CWE-288 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
psirt@fortinet.com

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

References 4

Advisories 3

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

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Every Fortinet CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

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  • CVE-2026-25089 Fortinet FortiSandbox OS Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 76% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2026-39808 Fortinet FortiSandbox OS Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 47% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2025-61624 Fortinet Multiple Products Path Traversal Vulnerability KEV EPSS 0.6% 6.5, medium
  • CVE-2026-35616 Fortinet FortiClient EMS Improper Access Control Vulnerability KEV EPSS 9% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2025-68686 Fortinet FortiOS Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability KEV EPSS 29% 5.9, medium
  • CVE-2026-21643 Fortinet FortiClient EMS SQL Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 94% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2025-25249 Fortinet Multiple Products Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability KEV EPSS 4% 9.8, critical

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.