Fortinet FortiOS up to 8.0.1 out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as very critical has been identified in Fortinet FortiOS up to 7.0.19/7.2.14/7.4.13/7.6.7/8.0.1. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-126256. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Fortinet FortiOS up to 7.0.19/7.2.14/7.4.13/7.6.7/8.0.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.7, FortiOS 7.4 all versions, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions may allow a remote privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code or command via crafted paquets.

The advisory is available at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-126256 since 11/10/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/11/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiOS

Version

• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.11
• 7.0.12
• 7.0.13
• 7.0.14
• 7.0.15
• 7.0.16
• 7.0.17
• 7.0.18
• 7.0.19
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.5
• 7.2.6
• 7.2.7
• 7.2.8
• 7.2.9
• 7.2.10
• 7.2.11
• 7.2.12
• 7.2.13
• 7.2.14
• 7.4.0
• 7.4.1
• 7.4.2
• 7.4.3
• 7.4.4
• 7.4.5
• 7.4.6
• 7.4.7
• 7.4.8
• 7.4.9
• 7.4.10
• 7.4.11
• 7.4.12
• 7.4.13
• 7.6.0
• 7.6.1
• 7.6.2
• 7.6.3
• 7.6.4
• 7.6.5
• 7.6.6
• 7.6.7
• 8.0.0
• 8.0.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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