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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Fortinet FortiMail unaffected
Version Status Constraints
8.0.0 affected —
7.6.0 affected ≤ 7.6.5
7.4.0 affected ≤ 7.4.7
7.2.0 affected ≤ 7.2.9

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Advisories

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Fixes

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

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-202 cve-icon
History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}

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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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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