Description
A improper privilege management vulnerability in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 8.0.0 through 8.0.3, FortiAuthenticator 6.6.0 through 6.6.10 may allow an authenticated attacker to escalate privileges.
Published: 2026-11-11
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to FortiAuthenticator version 8.0.4 or above Upgrade to FortiAuthenticator version 6.6.11 or above

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History

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator via Improper Authorization Control

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description A improper privilege management vulnerability in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 8.0.0 through 8.0.3, FortiAuthenticator 6.6.0 through 6.6.10 may allow an authenticated attacker to escalate privileges.
First Time appeared Fortinet
Fortinet fortiauthenticator
Weaknesses CWE-269
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:6.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:6.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:6.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:6.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:6.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:6.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:6.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:6.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:6.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:6.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:6.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Fortinet
Fortinet fortiauthenticator
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

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Fortinet Fortiauthenticator
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-12T15:30:06.724Z

Reserved: 2026-11-10T20:09:49.476Z

Link: CVE-2026-126249

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-11T22:17:24.823

Modified: 2026-11-12T19:14:29.340

Link: CVE-2026-126249

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Updated: 2026-11-12T16:45:05Z

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