CVE-2026-59839

A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.6, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7

Severity
Medium 5
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.002
11.1th percentile
Discovered by
Not disclosed
Published
Jul 14, 2026
Assigned by fortinet

Description

A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.6, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.8.0, FortiPAM 1.7.0 through 1.7.2, FortiPAM 1.6 all versions, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.5, FortiProxy 7.4 through 7.4.13, FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, FortiProxy 7.0 all versions may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via <insert attack vector here>

Weakness: CWE-22

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Fortinet FortiOS Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Fortinet FortiPAM Identity / IAM / MFA cna-assigner
Fortinet FortiProxy SASE / SSE / Secure Web cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (3)
  • Fortinet · FortiProxy
  • Fortinet · FortiOS
  • Fortinet · FortiPAM

Vendor remediation

Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.6.6 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 8.0.0 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.7 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.10 or above Fortinet remediated this issue in FortiSASE version 26.1.1 and hence customers do not need to perform any action. Upgrade to FortiPAM version 1.9.0 or above Upgrade to FortiPAM version 1.8.1 or above Upgrade to FortiSwitchManager version 7.2.8 or above