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Fortinet SSO Vulnerabilities Exploited for Admin Access on Firewalls

Fortinet SSO Vulnerabilities Exploited for Admin Access on Firewalls

First seen 22 Jan 2026, 21:42 UTC • •

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ThreatCluster •March 12, 2026 at 13:27 UTC

Fortinet's Single Sign-On (SSO) vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719, are being actively exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized administrative access to FortiGate firewalls. These flaws allow unauthenticated attackers to bypass SSO authentication and create local admin accounts, affecting internet-exposed devices. Fortinet's PSIRT team is investigating multiple reports of these attacks.

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2025-12-09
Fortinet disclosed vulnerabilities CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719
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Attackers actively exploiting the vulnerabilities
Date unknown
Fortinet's PSIRT team initiated investigation

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