
🚨 FORTINET OCT 13: CRITICAL FORTISANDBOX AUTH BYPASS (CVSS 9.6) + FORTISIEM UNAUTH RCE (CVSS 9.4) Fortinet’s Product Security team published critical advisories on Oct 13, 2026 as part of its October PSIRT batch. • CVE-2026-107656 (FG-IR-26-185) — FortiSandbox GUI authentication bypass via alternate path (CWE-288), CVSS 9.6. Remote unauthenticated attacker can gain unauthorized access through crafted HTTP requests. • Affected: FortiSandbox / PaaS 5.0.0–5.0.6 → upgrade to 5.0.7+; 4.4.0–4.4.9 → 4.4.10+ (4.4 PaaS: migrate). FortiSandbox 5.2 not affected. • CVE-2026-106173 (FG-IR-26-180) — FortiSIEM path traversal enabling unauthenticated code execution, CVSS 9.4. Affects FortiSIEM 7.5.0 only → upgrade to 7.5.1+ (or restrict TCP 27918). FortiSIEM 7.6 and FortiSIEM Cloud not affected. • Fortinet states no known exploitation for either critical at publication. • Same day batch also covers High/Medium issues in FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, FortiMail, and FortiOS. ⚠️ Analyst Note: Official Fortinet PSIRT advisories (not a dark-web claim). Prioritize patching internet-reachable FortiSandbox management UIs and FortiSIEM collectors exposing the phQueryMaster port. Primary: https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-185 Also: https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-180 #DDW #DarkWeb #Fortinet #FortiSandbox #FortiSIEM #CVE #ThreatIntelligence #CyberSecurity






