CVE-2026-106170: Denial of service in Fortinet FortiSandbox
Description
CVE-2026-106170 is a denial of service vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox versions 4.4.0 through 4.4.10, 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, and 5.2.0 through 5.2.1. It allows a privileged attacker to cause persistent denial of access to the GUI and CLI by sending crafted HTTP requests. The vulnerability results from an uncaught exception. A fix is officially available from the vendor.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.8medium
Affected software
Fortinet
FortiSandbox
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-106170) affects Fortinet FortiSandbox versions 4.4.0 to 4.4.10, 5.0.0 to 5.0.6, and 5.2.0 to 5.2.1. It is caused by an uncaught exception that can be triggered by crafted HTTP requests from a privileged attacker. Exploitation leads to persistent denial of service by blocking access to both the GUI and CLI interfaces. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.8 (medium severity), with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and requiring high privileges. The vendor has issued an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
A privileged attacker can cause a denial of service condition that persistently denies access to the FortiSandbox GUI and CLI. This disrupts management and monitoring capabilities but does not impact confidentiality or integrity of data.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Fortinet. Users should apply the vendor-provided patches to affected FortiSandbox versions to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- fortinet
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-06T16:19:40.712Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
Threat ID: 6ace6f182cdf04f656910f36
Added to database: 10/13/2026, 17:49:12 UTC
Last enriched: 10/13/2026, 18:05:23 UTC
Last updated: 10/13/2026, 21:56:57 UTC
Views: 7
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