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.
Published: 2026-11-11
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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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

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History

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Title Weak Password Reset Allows Unauthenticated Account Takeover in Fortinet FortiMail

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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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
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'}

Subscriptions

Fortinet Fortimail
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-11T21:29:00.809Z

Reserved: 2026-11-10T20:03:30.281Z

Link: CVE-2026-126150

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-11T22:17:12.543

Modified: 2026-11-12T19:14:29.340

Link: CVE-2026-126150

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Updated: 2026-11-12T16:45:05Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-640

    Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password