CVE-2026-106172
MEDIUM 4.9A use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox 5.2.0 through 5.2.1, FortiSandbox 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, FortiSandbox 4.4 all versions, FortiSandbox Cloud 5.2.0 through 5.2.1, FortiSandbox Cloud 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, FortiSandbox Cloud 4.4 all versions may allow attacker to escalation of privilege via specially crafted HTTP requests
No known exploitation, public exploit, or elevated probability at this time. Track for changes.
Exploitation likelihood
0.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 15th percentile
Impact if exploited
4.9CVSS 3.1 · MEDIUM
- ConfidentialityLow
- IntegrityNone
- AvailabilityNone
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Data snapshot:
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-321: Escalation of privilege
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
References and research data (JSON)
All CVSS metrics
- MEDIUM 4.9 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C - MEDIUM 5.3 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
Advisories
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-98973 EUVD · EUVD-2026-98973
Technical & other
- https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-179CVE record · fortinet · Updated 2026-10-14T09:31:14.985Z
NVD · CVE-2026-106172 · Updated 2026-10-14T16:04:11.750