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CISA added CVE-2026-104286, a critical (CVSS 9.8) path traversal and NULL-byte neutralization flaw in Fortinet FortiMail, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on October 1, 2026, citing active in-the-wild exploitation. The bug allows unauthenticated arbitrary file write via crafted HTTP/HTTPS requests on FortiMail 7.2.0–7.2.9, 7.4.0–7.4.8, 7.6.0–7.6.6, and 8.0.0–8.0.1, with fixes coming in 8.0.2/7.6.7/7.4.9+ and an interim workaround of disabling IBE and restricting management-interface internet access. Federal agencies face an October 4, 2026 BOD 26-04 remediation deadline, and Fortinet's advisory (FG-IR-26-175) includes IoCs for hunting.

TL;DR CISA KEV adds CVE-2026-104286, an unauthenticated path-traversal/file-write bug in Fortinet FortiMail under active exploitation, with a Oct 4 federal patch deadline.

Organisations named here

  • FG-IR-26-175

CVEs named here

  • CVE-2026-104286

Technologies named here

  • Fortinet FortiMail
  • CISA KEV
  • CVSS

Techniques named here

  • Path traversal