CVE-2021-26110
An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiOS autod daemon 7.0.0, 6.4.6 and below, 6.2.9 and below, 6.0.12 and below and FortiProxy 2.0.1 and below, 1.2.9 and below may allow an authenticated low-privileged attacker to escalate their privileges to super_admin via a specific crafted configuration of fabric automation CLI script and auto-script features.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- EPSS score
- 0.3% (16th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2021-12931)
- Published
- December 8, 2021
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2021-12931 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 25, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fortinet / fortios
- fortinet / fortios
- fortinet / fortiproxy
- fortinet / fortiproxy
- fortinet / fortiproxy
Certified products that may be affected
4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- FortiGate/FortiOS Version 6.2.7 - Fortinet, Inc. - Common Criteria 559-LSS - archived
- FortiOS 5.6 - Fortinet, Inc. - FIPS 140 3639 - historical
- FortiProxy-400E/2000E/4000E - Fortinet, Inc. - FIPS 140 3628 - historical
- Fortinet FortiProxy v1.0 - Fortinet, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-475 - archived
References
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-131(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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