CVE-2026-104286
Critical 9.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Fortinet FortiMail Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Description
An improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, FortiMail 7.6.0 through 7.6.6, FortiMail 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiMail 7.2.0 through 7.2.9, FortiMail 7.0 all versions may allow an unauthenticated attacker to write arbitrary files on the underlying system via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8 (CRITICAL)
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 5% (percentile: 92) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-22
Affected products
fortinet: fortimail
References
- https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-175 MitigationVendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026… US Government Resource