CVE-2026-121527

Published Nov 11, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.4.3 through 7.4.7, FortiClientEMS 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, FortiClientEMS 7.2 all versions may allow an authenticated local attacker with admin privileges to gain root shell access via CLI commands.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Fortinet

FortiClientEMS

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.4.3`	affected	≤ 7.4.7
`7.4.0`	affected	≤ 7.4.1
`7.2.12`	affected	≤ 7.2.15
`7.2.0`	affected	≤ 7.2.10

No data.

Vendor Product Versions

Fortinet

Forticlientems

Version	Status	Scheme	Platform
`[7.4.3,7.4.7]`	affected	semver	—
`[7.4.0,7.4.1]`	affected	semver	—
`[7.2.12,7.2.15]`	affected	semver	—
`[7.2.0,7.2.10]`	affected	semver	—

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 8.0.0 or above Upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.4.8 or above

Tracking

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.163% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-192

History

Nov 13, 2026 10:45 AM Title updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	Privilege Escalation via Local CLI Commands in FortiClientEMS

Nov 12, 2026 1:00 PM Title updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		Privilege Escalation via Local CLI Commands in FortiClientEMS

Nov 11, 2026 9:45 PM Description updated. First appearance in the feed. Weaknesses updated. Affected versions updated. Affected vendors updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.4.3 through 7.4.7, FortiClientEMS 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, FortiClientEMS 7.2 all versions may allow an authenticated local attacker with admin privileges to gain root shell access via CLI commands.
First Time appeared		Fortinet Fortinet forticlientems
Weaknesses		CWE-250
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.7:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Fortinet Fortinet forticlientems
References		https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-192
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}`