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Italian and Colombian cyber authorities issued alerts on vulnerabilities affecting Fortinet products, with CSIRT Italia detailing multiple information-disclosure flaws in FortiSandbox and FortiAuthenticator and warning that two of the issues are rated high severity. The disclosed weaknesses could allow a malicious user to access sensitive information on affected systems, expanding risk for organizations that rely on these appliances for authentication and sandboxing functions.
CSIRT Italia said the affected products span specific version ranges and urged administrators to apply the updates referenced in Fortinet security bulletins. Separate COLCERT alerts also warned of critical vulnerabilities in Fortinet products, reinforcing the need for immediate review of exposed deployments even though the Colombian notices provided limited technical detail on affected versions, CVE identifiers, or exploitation activity.
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COLCERT issued alert "COLCERT AL – 20251217 - 089" warning of critical vulnerabilities detected in Fortinet products. The provided content does not identify specific products, CVEs, impact details, or remediation steps.
ACN/CSIRT Italia reported multiple information disclosure vulnerabilities affecting FortiSandbox and FortiAuthenticator, including two rated high severity. The notice says successful exploitation could expose sensitive information and recommends updating affected versions according to Fortinet security bulletins.
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Fortinet released security updates for vulnerabilities affecting **FortiOS**, **FortiProxy**, **FortiSandbox**, FortiSandbox Cloud, and FortiSandbox PaaS. Italy's national CSIRT reported that the set includes one critical and one high-severity issue that could expose sensitive information; affected FortiOS and FortiProxy versions include 7.6.x before 7.6.7, while affected FortiSandbox releases include 5.0.x before 5.0.6 and 4.4.x before 4.4.9. One disclosed issue, **CVE-2026-26084**, is a high-severity improper-access-control flaw in the FortiSandbox web interface, rated **CVSS 8.9**. Unauthenticated remote attackers could use crafted HTTP requests to reach internal API endpoints and retrieve sensitive information without credentials or user interaction. Fortinet reported no evidence of active exploitation and credited internal researcher Adham El Karn; the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security also urged administrators to review Fortinet PSIRT advisories and promptly apply relevant updates across affected Fortinet products.
Sep 9, 2026
Fortinet released multiple security advisories covering **FortiSandbox**, **FortiOS**, **FortiProxy**, **FortiPAM**, and **FortiAuthenticator**, with the most serious issue tracked as **`CVE-2026-59835`**. The high-severity FortiSandbox flaw, rated **CVSS 7.7** and classified as **`CWE-668`**, allows unauthenticated attackers to access the VNC server of malware-analysis virtual machines over the network, potentially exposing analysis sessions and interfering with sandbox operations. Fortinet said affected FortiSandbox versions are **5.0.0 through 5.0.2** and **4.4.3 through 4.4.8**, while **5.2** and **FortiSandbox PaaS** are not affected; no in-the-wild exploitation has been reported. The broader advisory set also addressed additional weaknesses including **`CVE-2026-59839`**, which could allow an authenticated CLI user to delete files from the root filesystem, along with lower-severity CRLF injection, path traversal, reflected XSS, buffer over-read, stack-based buffer overflow, and a FortiAuthenticator GUI out-of-bounds read affecting versions **6.6.0 through 6.6.2** and **6.5.0 through 6.5.7**. Canada’s Cyber Centre echoed the vendor notice and urged administrators to review the advisories and apply updates, particularly because several affected Fortinet products are commonly deployed in enterprise and internet-facing security environments.
Jul 15, 2026
Fortinet released fixes for two **critical** vulnerabilities that could let remote, unauthenticated attackers run unauthorized code or commands on exposed systems. The first, **`CVE-2026-44277`**, is an improper access control flaw in **FortiAuthenticator** with a **CVSS 9.1** rating; it affects versions **8.0.0**, **8.0.2**, **6.6.0-6.6.8**, and **6.5.0-6.5.6**, and was patched in **8.0.3**, **6.6.9**, and **6.5.7**. Fortinet said the issue stems from insufficient authorization checks on API endpoints and could allow unauthorized API access, privilege escalation, and command execution, while **FortiAuthenticator Cloud is not affected**. Fortinet also disclosed **`CVE-2026-26083`**, a **CVSS 9.1** missing-authorization flaw in the **FortiSandbox** Web UI that impacts **FortiSandbox**, **FortiSandbox Cloud**, and **FortiSandbox PaaS**, potentially enabling arbitrary code execution across on-premises and cloud deployments. Canada’s Cyber Centre warned that the advisories span multiple Fortinet products and urged administrators to review Fortinet PSIRT notices and apply updates promptly. Public reporting said Fortinet had not observed either flaw being exploited in the wild at disclosure, but the breadth of affected security infrastructure and Fortinet’s history of high-value exploitation have increased urgency around patching exposed appliances.
Jun 29, 2026