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CVE-2026-121527

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…

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Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 14/11/2026, 23:35:33 UTC
fortinet · CVSS:3.1 · 6.3
Assessment vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Severity

medium6.3

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Known exploitation

Not listed in the checked CISA KEV catalog

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Public exploit

Not established by this record

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Remediation

Source guidance available

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What this means

A vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS versions 7.4.3-7.4.7, 7.4.0-7.4.1, and 7.2 may allow an authenticated local attacker with admin privileges to gain root shell access. The weakness is an escalation of privilege.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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Fortinet · fortinet

FortiClientEMS

4 ranges
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affected

7.4.3 → through 7.4.7

semver versions

7.4.0 → through 7.4.1

semver versions

7.2.12 → through 7.2.15

semver versions

7.2.0 → through 7.2.10

semver versions

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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What to do

Compare your installed product and version with the affected versions above. A matching product name alone does not confirm exposure.

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

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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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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.

References

1 sources
fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-192
Source referencefortinet

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Original records

CVE-2026-121527

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-250 ↗

Escalation of privilege

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Contributing organizations · 2
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Assigning organization

2026-11-11
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-11-13

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What changed

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  1. CVE · CVE-2026-121527

    Observed 2026-11-13T05:18:25.287Z · upstream updated 2026-11-13T04:58:45.864Z

    Prioritization updated

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  2. CVE · CVE-2026-121527

    Observed 2026-11-12T20:05:46.050Z · upstream updated 2026-11-12T15:27:20.307Z

    Prioritization updated

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        "name": "Automatable",
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      },
      {
        "name": "Technical Impact",
        "value": "total"
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