{"id":"CVE-2021-43065","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-43065","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:05:09.049Z","title":"A incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in Fortinet FortiNAC version 9.2.0, version 9.1.3 and below, version 8.8.9 and below allows attacker to gain higher privileges via the access to sensitive system data.","description":"A incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in Fortinet FortiNAC version 9.2.0, version 9.1.3 and below, version 8.8.9 and below allows attacker to gain higher privileges via the access to sensitive system data.","published":"2021-12-09T10:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:10:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@fortinet.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-732"],"affected":["fortinet/fortinac"],"epss":{"score":0.00441,"percentile":0.38037,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-178","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@fortinet.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-8wx4-g5p9-348h","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@fortinet.com"},{"url":"https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-178","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-8wx4-g5p9-348h","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43065","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}