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TI-2021-14595 Aliases CVE-2021-36177GHSA-v8x4-gj4q-pwgq

An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiAuthenticator HA service 6.3.2…

Priority LOW 20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiAuthenticator HA service 6.3.2 and below, 6.2.x, 6.1.x, 6.0.x may allow an attacker on the same vlan as the HA management interface to make an unauthenticated direct connection to the FAC's database.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00301 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.0 to before 6.3.3VulnerableFortinet
  • cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiauthenticator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0 to before 6.3.3 Vulnerable ·Fortinet

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-36177
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v8x4-gj4q-pwgq

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-32249 Improper access control in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2021-08066 OS command injection in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-05114 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Fortinet FortiSandbox, FortiAuthenticator CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2013-05746 FortiGuard FortiAuthenticator before 3.0 allows remote administrators to gain privileges via the command line interface. CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2021-19130 Information disclosure in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2015-01319 Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 3.0.0 has a password of (1) slony for the slony PostgreSQL… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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