Vulnerability · Published Mar 24, 2025 · Assigned by fortinet

CVE-2021-26091

Medium 6.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in FortiMail from Fortinet. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A use of a cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator vulnerability in the authenticator of the Identity Based Encryption service of FortiMail 6.4.0 through 6.4.4, and 6.2.0 through 6.2.7 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to infer parts of users authentication tokens and reset their credentials.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Fortinet FortiMail 6.4.0 – through 6.4.46.2.0 – through 6.2.96.2.0 – before 6.2.*

Weakness: CWE-338 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

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