Summary
CVE-2026-26084 is an improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) affecting Fortinet FortiSandbox, FortiSandbox Cloud, and FortiSandbox PaaS. It allows an attacker to access sensitive information by sending crafted HTTP requests to the product’s web interface. The flaw carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.9 (High).
Technical details
- Root cause: improper access control in the FortiSandbox web/GUI interface that fails to properly restrict access to certain internal endpoints or data.
- Trigger condition: an attacker sends specially crafted HTTP requests to the exposed web interface.
- Attack vector: network-based, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N).
- Impact: disclosure of sensitive information, with the CVSS vector also reflecting integrity and availability impact (C:L/I:L/A:H).
Affected software
- FortiSandbox: 4.4.0 through 4.4.8
- FortiSandbox: 5.0.0 through 5.0.5
- FortiSandbox Cloud: 5.0.4 through 5.0.5
- FortiSandbox PaaS: 5.0.4 through 5.0.5
Severity
CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 8.9 (High)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Mitigation and recommended actions
- Immediate: Upgrade FortiSandbox 5.0.x to 5.0.6 or later; upgrade FortiSandbox 4.4.x to 4.4.9 or later. FortiSandbox 5.2 and later branches are not affected.
- For FortiSandbox Cloud and FortiSandbox PaaS, apply the vendor-provided update to a fixed release as it becomes available for the affected 5.0.4–5.0.5 deployments.
- If immediate patching is not possible, restrict network access to the FortiSandbox web/management interface to trusted administrative networks only, and monitor for anomalous HTTP requests to the interface.
How IONIX identifies potentially affected assets
IONIX matches the following signals against data already collected when it crawled the asset; identifying the technology sends no request beyond that crawl.
- Page title:
FortiSandbox,FortiSandbox - Please login - Response header
x-fortisandbox-version: version value present in the header

