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CVE-2026-121530 fortinet fortios: Improper Authentication

6.6 mediumEPSS 0.7%

Medium (6.6) in fortinet fortios. EPSS 0.7% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

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A improper authentication vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.6 may allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain improper access control via an invalid token after entering a valid username and password

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.6 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.7% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 53rd percentile. Scored 2026-11-13. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
CISA's assessment (SSVC)
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total, assessed 2026-11-10. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
CWE
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
OWASP Top 10
A07:2025 Authentication Failures
Published
Modified
Assigned by
fortinet (CNA)
NVD analysis
Awaiting analysis
Record from
the NVD, synced

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Versions

From the CNA's record in the CVE List.

ProductAffected
Fortinet FortiOSfrom 7.6.0 through 7.6.6

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

  • CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-57 Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data Likelihood: Medium · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-94 Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-114 Authentication Abuse Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-151 Identity Spoofing Likelihood: Medium · Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-194 Fake the Source of Data Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-593 Session Hijacking Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-633 Token Impersonation Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-650 Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server Severity: High

The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits.

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