Description
A weak password recovery mechanism for forgotten password vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 8.0.0, FortiMail 7.6.0 through 7.6.5, FortiMail 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiMail 7.2.0 through 7.2.9 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to reset the password of an arbitrary IBE webmail user and take over their account via specially crafted HTTP requests.
Published: 2026-11-11
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to FortiMail version 8.0.1 or above Upgrade to FortiMail version 7.6.6 or above Upgrade to FortiMail version 7.4.8 or above Upgrade to upcoming FortiMail version 7.2.10 or above

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History

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A weak password recovery mechanism for forgotten password vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 8.0.0, FortiMail 7.6.0 through 7.6.5, FortiMail 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiMail 7.2.0 through 7.2.9 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to reset the password of an arbitrary IBE webmail user and take over their account via specially crafted HTTP requests.
First Time appeared Fortinet
Fortinet fortimail
Weaknesses CWE-640
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Fortinet
Fortinet fortimail
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:R'}

Subscriptions

Fortinet Fortimail
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-11T21:29:00.809Z

Reserved: 2026-11-10T20:03:30.281Z

Link: CVE-2026-126150

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-11T22:17:12.543

Modified: 2026-11-11T22:17:12.543

Link: CVE-2026-126150

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-640

    Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password