Vulnerability · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Assigned by fortinet

CVE-2026-106173

Critical 9.4

In plain English

A critical-severity path traversal in FortiSIEM from Fortinet. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.4Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSIEM 7.5.0 may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted packets.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Fortinet FortiSIEM 7.5.07.4.0 – through 7.4.27.3.0 – through 7.3.57.2.0 – through 7.2.77.1.0 – through 7.1.97.0.0 – through 7.0.4

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

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