CVE-2026-26035 Auth bypass in FortiWeb

What is CVE-2026-26035?

CVE-2026-26035 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb, published on 12 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An Improper Authentication vulnerability [CWE-287] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 8.0.0 through 8.0.2, FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.6, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiWeb 7.2.0 through 7.2.12, FortiWeb 7.0.0 through 7.0.12 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to login into the Fortiweb GUI/CLI with a random username and password

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-26035?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortiweb.

How do I fix CVE-2026-26035?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-26035 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2026-26035 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-26035 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2025-58034 Fortinet FortiWeb OS Command Injection Exploited Medium 6.7
• CVE-2020-29015 SQL injection in Fortinet FortiWeb Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-29016 Memory corruption in Fortinet FortiWeb Critical 9.8

All Fortinet Fortiweb vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q9j3-5j7m-6w3x.