CVE-2021-26089

HIGH 7.8CVE-2021-26089 · Published 12/07/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-26089 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting forticlient (fortinet).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.43%, higher than 37.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
forticlient fortinet	`≤ 6.4.3`	No fix yet

Description

An improper symlink following in FortiClient for Mac 6.4.3 and below may allow an non-privileged user to execute arbitrary privileged shell commands during installation phase.

References

fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-022 · Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-078 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

forticlient

fortinet

≤ 6.4.3

No fix yet

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