critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2026-21643Fortinet FortiClient EMS — unauthenticated SQL injection

FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) 7.4.4 takes crafted requests straight into SQL, letting an unauthenticated attacker run commands on the server that manages every endpoint agent in the estate.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade FortiClient Enterprise Management Server past 7.4.4 per Fortinet FG-IR-25-1142 now; exploit code is public, so treat an exposed server as compromised.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
94%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2026-02-06
Added to KEV
2026-04-13
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsNetwork access to the management server; no credentials needed.

Behind the card

4 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2026-21643 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24