Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2023-26208 – Fortinet FortiAuthenticator Vulnerability

Severity

Low

Analysis Summary

CVE-2023-26208

Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts flaw. By sending specially crafted HTTP requests to the login form, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to partially exhaust CPU and memory, and results in a denial of service condition.

Impact

Denial of Service

Indicators Of Compromise

CVE

CVE-2023-26208

Affected Vendors

Fortinet

Affected Products

Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 6.4.0

Remediation

Refer to FortiGuard Advisory for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

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