cve-2021-26116
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-04-06 16:00
Modified
2024-10-25 13:32
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
Summary
An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability in the command line interpreter of FortiAuthenticator before 6.3.1 may allow an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands via specifically crafted arguments to existing commands.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-068Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
FortinetFortinet FortiAuthenticator
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