Fortinet FortiAuthenticator up to 6.3.5/6.4.11/6.5.7/6.6.6 authorization

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A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator up to 6.3.5/6.4.11/6.5.7/6.6.6. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes authorization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-21743. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator up to 6.3.5/6.4.11/6.5.7/6.6.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A missing authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 6.6.0 through 6.6.6, FortiAuthenticator 6.5 all versions, FortiAuthenticator 6.4 all versions, FortiAuthenticator 6.3 all versions may allow a read-only user to make modification to local users via a file upload to an unprotected endpoint.

The advisory is shared at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-21743 since 01/05/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 6.6.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiAuthenticator

Version

• 6.3.0
• 6.3.1
• 6.3.2
• 6.3.3
• 6.3.4
• 6.3.5
• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1
• 6.4.2
• 6.4.3
• 6.4.4
• 6.4.5
• 6.4.6
• 6.4.7
• 6.4.8
• 6.4.9
• 6.4.10
• 6.4.11
• 6.5.0
• 6.5.1
• 6.5.2
• 6.5.3
• 6.5.4
• 6.5.5
• 6.5.6
• 6.5.7
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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