🛡️ CVE-2023-26205 — fortiadc

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-26205 is classified as CWE-284: Improper Access Control. The software does not restrict an action to the actors that should be allowed to perform it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-26205 is recorded against 1 package.

• fortiadc

Timeline and source

Published on 14 November 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

fortiadc has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2025-58412 (4.7 Medium, published 19 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-48839 (6.6 Medium, published 18 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-54971 (4.3 Medium, published 18 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-59921 (6.5 Medium, published 14 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2025-49813 (7.2 High, published 12 Aug 2025)
• CVE-2025-31104 (7.2 High, published 10 Jun 2025)
• CVE-2023-37933 (8.8 High, published 11 Mar 2025)
• CVE-2022-23439 (4.7 Medium, published 22 Jan 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-284: Improper Access Control) in other software:

• CVE-2022-29160 (2.0 Low, published 12 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-45438 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2016-0757 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2002-0170 (8.0 High, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2000-1212 (published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-31231 (5.9 Medium, published 22 May 2026)
• CVE-2023-24215 (9.1 Critical, published 18 May 2026)
• CVE-2022-21305 (5.3 Medium, published 8 May 2026)

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