ThreatsDay: Fortinet fixes, PHP2Shell scans, Authenticator token flaw
Fortinet is withholding flaw details until November 10 while Hudson Rock reports 40,573 exposed FortiGate secrets.
Fortinet is withholding flaw details until November 10 while Hudson Rock reports 40,573 exposed FortiGate secrets.
Fixes cover FortiOS, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiMail and FortiAuthenticator; Fortinet says public diffs will show attackers where to look.
Fixed builds are listed for current branches, while FortiMail 7.2 must move to branch 7.4 or above.
Minimum fixed builds are set for October 22, while PSIRT advisories and CVE details are due November 10.
October 22 updates precede November 10 PSIRT advisories; Fortinet reports no active exploitation and lists no CVE IDs.
CISA added CVE-2025-61624 to KEV; the memory-only implant rides legitimate FortiGate process traffic.
CISA added actively exploited Fortinet and BeyondTrust flaws to KEV, with a federal fix deadline of October 19.
Unit 42 says PEERSTITCH, planted through FortiManager flaws, exposed material for more than 500 firewalls.
Unit 42 says CL-STA-0954 used Fortinet flaws to deploy memory-resident PEERSTITCH against a telecom provider.
Unit 42 details PEERSTITCH, a memory-resident implant used against FortiGate firewalls at a telecom MSP.
Attackers exploited Fortinet flaws at a telecom MSP and deployed the stealthy PEERSTITCH implant on FortiGate firewalls.
Unit 42 says UNC5820 stole data on 500-plus FortiGates and deployed memory-resident PEERSTITCH malware.
Canada's Cyber Centre urges patches for file-write and SQL-injection flaws across several Fortinet products.
FortiManager fgfmd command injection allows code execution only if the attacker already holds a cluster node key.
Fortinet says SQL injection in FortiAnalyzer and FortiManager lets low-privileged users run arbitrary commands.
Fortinet patched 10 vulnerabilities including two critical authentication flaws, CVE-2026-84390 (CVSS 9.6) and CVE-2026-84388 (CVSS 9.1), in FortiMonitorOnSight and the FortiPAM Chrome extension.
FortiManager FGFM flaw (CVSS 7.3) lets an attacker with a valid certificate impersonate any managed FortiGate under a specific CLI option.
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