CVE-2021-36194
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the API controllers of FortiWeb 6.4.1, 6.4.0, and 6.3.0...
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the API controllers of FortiWeb 6.4.1, 6.4.0, and 6.3.0 through 6.3.15 may allow an authenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via specially crafted requests.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the API controllers of FortiWeb 6.4.1, 6.4.0, and 6.3.0 through 6.3.15 may allow an authenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via specially crafted requests.
- Record
CVE-2021-36194- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-22815
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the API controllers of FortiWeb 6.4.1, 6.4.0, and 6.3.0 through 6.3.15 may allow an authenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via specially crafted requests.
- Record
EUVD-2021-22815- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x4wq-ph23-36hw No score
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the API controllers of FortiWeb 6.4.1, 6.4.0, and 6.3.0...
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the API controllers of FortiWeb 6.4.1, 6.4.0, and 6.3.0 through 6.3.15 may allow an authenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via specially crafted requests.
- Record
GHSA-x4wq-ph23-36hw- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the API controllers of FortiWeb 6.4.1, 6.4.0, and 6.3.0 through 6.3.15 may allow an authenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via specially crafted requests.
- Record
CVE-2021-36194- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-787
- 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-2021-36194 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Fortinet Fortiweb, published December 9, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.44%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.