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Fortinet PSIRT AdvisoriesFG-IR-26-168

Improper Authentication of FortiPAM Server

CriticalVendor CVSS 9.6 / 10 1 CVE Published Sep 8, 2026 at 7:00 AM UTC

Summary

CVSSv3 Score:

9.6

An improper authentication vulnerability [CWE-287] in the Fortinet Privileged Access Agent Chrome Extension may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to proxy a user's browser traffic through attacker controlled servers if the user visits a malicious website.

Revised on 2026-09-08 00:00:00

Products covered

  • FortiPAM

Remediation

Separate remediation guidance was not included in the collected bulletin.

CVEs in this advisory 1

Update history

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    • The vendor changed the advisory summary.
    • CVSS changed from 9.1 to 9.6.
    • Added CVEs: CVE-2026-84388.

Updates

  1. Published by Fortinet

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  2. Added to SecurityAlert

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