Advisory severityMedium4.9Fortinet

Medium [CVE-2026-106172] Fabric API Authentication bypass

This medium-severity Fortinet advisory covers CVE-2026-106172 affecting FortiSandbox Cloud.

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FG-IR-26-179 Source published Oct 13, 2026Source updated Oct 13, 2026

VulniPulse record published Oct 13, 2026

CVE-2026-106172

Affected products & platforms

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Summary

CVSSv3 Score:

4.9

A Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key [CWE-321] in FortiSandbox and FortiSandbox Cloud API may allow an unauthenticated attacker to access some endpoints via specially crafted HTTP requests

Revised on 2026-10-13 00:00:00

Affected versions

FortiSandbox: 4.4.0 through 5.2.1 (vendor-listed versions)
FortiSandbox Cloud: 4.4.0 through 5.0.6 (vendor-listed versions)

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Fixed versions

No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.

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Mitigation

The source record does not include mitigation steps. That is not a statement that no fix exists — read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.

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Sources

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Official resources

FortiSandbox documentation & upgrade guides
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