CVE-2021-26089

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in fortinet forticlient. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An improper symlink following in FortiClient for Mac 6.4.3 and below may allow an non-privileged user to execute arbitrary privileged shell commands during installation phase.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2021-07-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

fortinet:forticlient

References

https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-022
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-078/
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-022
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-078/

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