Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-121528

CVE-2026-121528

publishedCWE-295

A improper certificate validation vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.13 may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the SSLVPN web portal and the backend destination website.

Technical severity7.7 highCVSS 3.1 · CNA: fortinet
Published2026-11-11Source updated 2026-11-11
Collected2026-11-111 attributed source

Fixes and workarounds

Fix

Upgrade to FortiOS version 8.0.0 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.5 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.10 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.14 or above

Source: CNA: fortinet

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
FortiOS
Fortinet
≥ 7.6.0; ≤ 7.6.4 (affected, semver)
≥ 7.4.0; ≤ 7.4.9 (affected, semver)
≥ 7.2.0; ≤ 7.2.13 (affected, semver)
≥ 7.0.0; ≤ 7.0.19 (affected, semver)
≥ 6.4.0; ≤ 6.4.16 (affected, semver)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: fortinet

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / scoreVectorAuthority
3.1 / 7.7
high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:CCNA: fortinet

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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