FortiSwitch Manager (FSM) is Fortinet's centralized management console for FortiSwitch switches, enabling centralized provisioning, monitoring, and policy enforcement within the Fortinet Security Fabric (typically integrated with FortiGate and FortiCloud for cloud-based management).
FortiSwitch Manager (FSM) is Fortinet's centralized management console for FortiSwitch switches, enabling centralized provisioning, monitoring, and policy enforcement within the Fortinet Security Fabric (typically integrated with FortiGate and FortiCloud for cloud-based management). It is a critical component in enterprise networks because its security and access controls govern how switch configurations and policies are applied across large deployments. Recent Fortinet vulnerability disclosures and FortiCloud SSO authentication issues elevate the importance of patching FSM and related cloud-auth mechanisms to prevent unauthorized access or policy misconfigurations.
Fortinet reported two vulnerabilities affecting FortiOS, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiProxy related to FortiCloud SSO authentication. The first vulnerability, an Authentication Bypass (CWE-288), allows…
Fortinet disclosed a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the cw_acd daemon of FortiOS and FortiSwitchManager, tracked as CVE-2025-25249. This flaw allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute…
Fortinet has released security updates to address critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719) affecting FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager products. Users and administrators are…
Fortinet has patched critical vulnerabilities affecting FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager. These security defects, which allow for authentication bypass and could lead to configuration leaks and code…
Ivanti has issued security updates for a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-10573) in its Endpoint Manager (EPM) product. This flaw could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code,…
Fortinet has released security updates for critical vulnerabilities in FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager that could allow attackers to bypass FortiCloud SSO authentication. The vulnerabilities,…
More than 25,000 Fortinet devices with FortiCloud SSO enabled are exposed to remote attacks due to a critical authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-59718. The U.S. has the highest number of affected…