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FortinetCVE-2026-71407

Fortinet FortiOS: stack buffer overflow

Medium5.6CVE-2026-71407 · Published Aug 12, 2026 · updated Sep 8, 2026

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability [CWE-121] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.1 through 7.6.6 may allow an unauthenticated attacker who can bypass stack protection and ASLR to execute arbitrary code or commands in the context of the WAD daemon via crafted sockets, only if the explicit proxy is configured with Kerberos authentication and SOCKS enabled.

Fortinet advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
FortiOS
Product
>= 7.6.1, <= 7.6.6No fix yet
FortiPAM
Product
>= 1.8.0, <= 1.8.4No fix yet
>= 1.7.0, <= 1.7.2No fix yet
>= 1.6.0, <= 1.6.2No fix yet
>= 1.5.0, <= 1.5.1No fix yet
FortiProxy
Product
>= 7.6.0, <= 7.6.4No fix yet
>= 7.4.0, <= 7.4.11No fix yet
>= 7.2.0, <= 7.2.16No fix yet
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.23No fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-121

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