Forticlient EMS
CISA orders feds to patch exploited Fortinet EMS flaw by Friday
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered federal agencies to secure FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) instances against an actively exploited vulnerability by Friday. Tracked as CVE-2026-35616, this security flaw was discovered by cybersecurity firm Defused, which described it as a pre-authentication API access bypass that can allow attackers to bypass authentication and […]
New FortiClient EMS flaw exploited in attacks, emergency patch released
Fortinet has released an emergency weekend security update for a new critical FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) vulnerability that is actively exploited in attacks. Tracked as CVE-2026-35616, the flaw is an improper access control vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code or commands via specially crafted requests. The issue was patched Saturday, with Fortinet […]
Critical Fortinet Forticlient EMS flaw now exploited in attacks
Attackers are now actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiClient EMS platform, according to threat intelligence company Defused. Tracked as CVE-2026-21643, this SQL injection vulnerability allows unauthenticated threat actors to execute arbitrary code or commands on unpatched systems through low-complexity attacks targeting the FortiClientEMS GUI (web interface) via maliciously crafted HTTP requests. “Fortinet Forticlient EMS […]