CVE-2021-26091 (GCVE-0-2021-26091)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-24 15:37 – Updated: 2025-03-31 18:11
VLAI?
Summary
A use of a cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator vulnerability in the authenticator of the Identity Based Encryption service of FortiMail 6.4.0 through 6.4.4, and 6.2.0 through 6.2.7 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to infer parts of users authentication tokens and reset their credentials.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-338 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | FortiMail |
Affected:
6.4.0 , ≤ 6.4.4
(semver)
Affected: 6.2.0 , ≤ 6.2.9 (semver) Affected: 6.2.0 , < 6.2.* (semver) cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:6.2.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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