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Fortinet FortiSandbox Path Traversal Enables Privilege Escalation, Scores 9.8

Last refreshed2026-09-26

Status: EPSS-IMMINENT  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-39813

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-39813
CVSS Score / Version9.8 (Critical) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-09-23
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Proseattack vector is network; attack complexity is low; privileges required is none; user interaction is none; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high.
Affected productsFortinet FortiSandbox
Classified asCWE-24 (Path Traversal: '../filedir')
Exploitation prediction (EPSS)0.72% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (52% percentile) -- FIRST.org's EPSS model.

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

VendorProductAffected VersionsPatch Status
FortinetFortiSandbox
SubsystemsGeneral OT
SectorsMultiple

What to Know

A path traversal: '../filedir' vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox 5.0.0 through 5.0.5, FortiSandbox 4.4.0 through 4.4.8 may allow attacker to escalation of privilege via specially crafted HTTP requests.

What to Do

Monitor Fortinet's web page for any future patch releases. See vendor advisory link below.

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39813
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-39813
Vendor advisoryhttps://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-112