CVE-2026-126150

Weak Password Reset Allows Unauthenticated Account Takeover in Fortinet FortiMail

Published Nov 11, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A weak password recovery mechanism for forgotten password vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 8.0.0, FortiMail 7.6.0 through 7.6.5, FortiMail 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiMail 7.2.0 through 7.2.9 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to reset the password of an arbitrary IBE webmail user and take over their account via specially crafted HTTP requests.

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

FortiMail

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.0.0`	affected	—
`7.6.0`	affected	≤ 7.6.5
`7.4.0`	affected	≤ 7.4.7
`7.2.0`	affected	≤ 7.2.9

No data.

Vendor Product Versions

Fortinet

Fortimail

Version	Status	Scheme	Platform
`8.0.0`	affected	semver	—
`[7.6.0,7.6.5]`	affected	semver	—
`[7.4.0,7.4.7]`	affected	semver	—
`[7.2.0,7.2.9]`	affected	semver	—

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to FortiMail version 8.0.1 or above Upgrade to FortiMail version 7.6.6 or above Upgrade to FortiMail version 7.4.8 or above Upgrade to upcoming FortiMail version 7.2.10 or above

Tracking

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.506% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-202

History

Nov 12, 2026 5:00 PM Title updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		Weak Password Reset Allows Unauthenticated Account Takeover in Fortinet FortiMail

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 weak password recovery mechanism for forgotten password vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 8.0.0, FortiMail 7.6.0 through 7.6.5, FortiMail 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiMail 7.2.0 through 7.2.9 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to reset the password of an arbitrary IBE webmail user and take over their account via specially crafted HTTP requests.
First Time appeared		Fortinet Fortinet fortimail
Weaknesses		CWE-640
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.2.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.4.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.6.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.6.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:8.0.0:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Fortinet Fortinet fortimail
References		https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-202
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:R'}`