Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-21643 — Fortinet FortiClient EMS SQL Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2026-21643 · FortiClient EMS · CVSS 9.8 · KEV
In brief
- Severity · CVSS
- Critical9.8CVSS 3.1, Critical
- EPSS
- 94%
- CISA KEV
- Known exploited, listed since 13 Apr 2026
- CERT-FR
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0136
- Vendor
- Fortinet
- Products
- FortiClient EMS
- Published · Modified
- ·
- Last verified
Summary
An improper neutralization of special elements used in an sql command ('sql injection') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.4.4 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specifically crafted HTTP requests.
Weakness: CWE-89
Title, description and the vendor's statements are quoted from the CVE record; a vendor's advisory is summarised in Patcharo's words, with a link.
Affected and fixed versions
Per product and release branch, as the vendor's CVE record and official advisory state them. A fixed release is shown only when a document names it: the vendor's, or CERT-FR's for Check Point, with its source.
1 branch with a published fixed release
Fortinet FortiClientEMS
Source: FG-IR-25-1142CVE-2026-21643
- 8.0Affected versionsNot affectedFirst fixed release—
- 7.4Affected versions7.4.4First fixed release7.4.5
- 7.2Approaching end of supportAffected versionsNot affectedFirst fixed release—
Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.
Remediation
Fix available
Vendor fix
- FortiClientEMS 7.47.4.5
Upgrade to a fixed release listed above for your branch, or to a later fixed release the vendor explicitly supports.
Upgrade to upcoming FortiClientEMS version 8.0.0 or above Upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.4.5 or above
SourceFortinet (CVE record)
SourceFortiGuard FG-IR-25-1142
CISA KEV required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA due date:
SourceCISA KEV
CERT-FR recommendation
Refer to the vendor's security bulletin to obtain patches (see Documentation section).
SourceCERTFR-2026-AVI-0136
Last verified 1 Oct 2026 at 09:31 UTC
Known exploitation
Added to CISA KEV on 13 Apr 2026
Federal remediation due date: 16 Apr 2026
94% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 100%).
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CERT-FR
1 document of the French national CERT (ANSSI) references this CVE.
Vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS
SQL injection (SQLi)
Summary
A vulnerability has been discovered in Fortinet FortiClientEMS. It allows an attacker to cause a SQL injection (SQLi).
Recommendation
Refer to the vendor's security bulletin to obtain patches (see Documentation section).
Official document on cert.ssi.gouv.frread by Patcharo 28 Sept 2026 at 20:04 UTCMachine translation of the French text published by CERT-FR; a text whose translation did not pass Patcharo's checks stays in French. Identifiers, versions and links are copied unchanged.
Timeline
- Published by the source
- Added to CISA KEV
- CISA remediation due date
- Source record last modified
- EPSS score computed
- Last verified by Patcharo
Official sources
- Fortinet (CVE record)retrieved 1 Oct 2026 at 09:31 UTC
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitiesretrieved 1 Oct 2026 at 09:28 UTC
- NVDretrieved 28 Sept 2026 at 07:02 UTC
- FIRST EPSSretrieved 27 Sept 2026 at 23:46 UTC
- FortiGuard FG-IR-25-1142retrieved 1 Oct 2026 at 09:31 UTC
References
Fortinet · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities · NVD · FIRST EPSS · FortiGuard FG-IR-25-1142
How Patcharo reads this
Affected and fixed releases come from the vendor's structured statements and are matched against exact versions; CVSS from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV and the vendor's own advisory, probability from FIRST EPSS. Missing data stays Unknown and never becomes Not affected.
Read the methodologyRead the guide: FortiOS version numbering: branches, patch releases and the Feature and Mature labels
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Other records affecting the same products, newest first.
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