CVE-2026-126160
A improper authentication vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, FortiMail 7.6...
A improper authentication vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, FortiMail 7.6.0 through 7.6.6, FortiMail 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiMail 7.2 all versions may allow an unauthenticated attacker to escalate privileges and release or delete quarantined messages for arbitrary mailboxes via a crafted quarantine release requests.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.2
A improper authentication vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, FortiMail 7.6.0 through 7.6.6, FortiMail 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiMail 7.2 all versions may allow an unauthenticated attacker to escalate privileges and release or delete quarantined messages for arbitrary mailboxes via a crafted quarantine release requests.
- Record
CVE-2026-126160- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-11
EUVDEUVD-2026-123833
8.2
A improper authentication vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, FortiMail 7.6.0 through 7.6.6, FortiMail 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiMail 7.2 all versions may allow an unauthenticated attacker to escalate privileges and release or delete quarantined messages for arbitrary mailboxes via a crafted quarantine release requests.
- Record
EUVD-2026-123833- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-12
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-53vv-vq62-6qjw
8.2
A improper authentication vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, FortiMail 7.6...
A improper authentication vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, FortiMail 7.6.0 through 7.6.6, FortiMail 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiMail 7.2 all versions may allow an unauthenticated attacker to escalate privileges and release or delete quarantined messages for arbitrary mailboxes via a crafted quarantine release requests.
- Record
GHSA-53vv-vq62-6qjw- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-12
NVD
8.2
A improper authentication vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, FortiMail 7.6.0 through 7.6.6, FortiMail 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiMail 7.2 all versions may allow an unauthenticated attacker to escalate privileges and release or delete quarantined messages for arbitrary mailboxes via a crafted quarantine release requests.
- Record
CVE-2026-126160- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-11
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| published | EUVD | |
| aliases, references, title | GitHub Advisories, NVD | |
| cwes, severity | CVE List | |
| first indexed | EUVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-126160 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Fortinet Fortimail, published November 11, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. No source names a fixed version.