CVE-2021-26098
An instance of small space of random values in the RPC API of FortiSandbox before 4.0.0 may allow...
An instance of small space of random values in the RPC API of FortiSandbox before 4.0.0 may allow an attacker in possession of a few information pieces about the state of the device to possibly predict valid session IDs.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.3
An instance of small space of random values in the RPC API of FortiSandbox before 4.0.0 may allow an attacker in possession of a few information pieces about the state of the device to possibly predict valid session IDs.
- Record
CVE-2021-26098- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:X - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-12919
5.3
An instance of small space of random values in the RPC API of FortiSandbox before 4.0.0 may allow an attacker in possession of a few information pieces about the state of the device to possibly predict valid session IDs.
- Record
EUVD-2021-12919- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:X - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6g87-jg5m-ppfq No score
An instance of small space of random values in the RPC API of FortiSandbox before 4.0.0 may allow...
An instance of small space of random values in the RPC API of FortiSandbox before 4.0.0 may allow an attacker in possession of a few information pieces about the state of the device to possibly predict valid session IDs.
- Record
GHSA-6g87-jg5m-ppfq- Weakness
- CWE-330
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.3
An instance of small space of random values in the RPC API of FortiSandbox before 4.0.0 may allow an attacker in possession of a few information pieces about the state of the device to possibly predict valid session IDs.
- Record
CVE-2021-26098- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-330
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-26098 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Fortinet Fortisandbox, published August 4, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.81%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.