
Fortinet patches nearly 100 vulnerabilities across its products
About 17 fixes are critical, including code execution and authentication bypass, with no exploitation stated.
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About 17 fixes are critical, including code execution and authentication bypass, with no exploitation stated.

CVE-2026-126261 hits listed FortiManager branches; Fortinet reports no known exploitation, with fixes in 7.2.9, 7.4.6, 7.6.8 and 8.0.1.

CVE-2026-126170 scores 9.8 on the JSON-RPC API; FGFM and OFTP flaws can also run code before login.
Fortinet rates the CWE-305 weakness 9.3; the notice gives no versions, fix, or exploitation status.
A read-only authenticated user can reach the GUI when RADIUS returns Access-Challenge after a bad token; CVSS 5.9.

Hudson Rock parsed 1,703 FortiGate configuration reports and 1,689 host identifiers; 975 domain labels were absent from the earlier set.

The follow-up is stolen configuration files, not a new Fortinet flaw, and the records are not confirmed still valid.

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.

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.
Authenticated admins with read-write rights can write or delete arbitrary files via CLI; the due date is October 19, 2026.
A double-free in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitch lets a local user crash the newcli daemon.
Fortinet discloses a CVSS 6.7 FortiOS flaw that can crash the HTTPS management interface.

An unverified underground listing offers a claimed FortiGate SSL VPN RCE exploit for FortiOS 7.2.x/7.4.x amid ongoing exploitation of known Fortinet flaws.

Exposed attacker staging server reveals intrusion of Thai broadband provider 3BB via actively exploited FortiGate SSL-VPN flaw CVE-2024-21762.

Weekly roundup: Microsoft patches 973 flaws including two actively exploited zero-days; FortiOS CAPWAP flaw deploys PivotC2 RAT; PAN-OS root RCE disclosed.

CISA added actively exploited Fortinet CVE-2025-25249, a critical heap-based buffer overflow in FortiOS, FortiSwitchManager, and FortiSASE, to its KEV catalog.

CISA adds actively exploited Cisco, Citrix, and Fortinet edge-device flaws to KEV catalog, ordering federal agencies to patch by September 12, 2026.

Threat actors exploit Fortinet heap-based buffer overflow CVE-2025-25249 to deploy PivotC2 RAT, infecting 178 devices and exfiltrating data from US targets.

CISA added Fortinet CVE-2025-25249, a heap-based buffer overflow in the cw_acd daemon, to its KEV catalog; Canadian Cyber Centre urges patching.

Canadian Cyber Centre advisory AV26-898 flags Fortinet vulnerabilities across FortiOS, FortiProxy, FortiPAM, FortiSandbox and FortiMonitorOnSight, urging administrators to apply updates
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