Medium severity · published Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-71408
A allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.6, FortiOS 7.4 all versions, FortiOS 7.2 all versions may allow attacker…
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.6, FortiOS 7.4 all versions, FortiOS 7.2 all versions may allow attacker to denial of service via <insert attack vector here>
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
7.6.0 through 7.6.6; 7.4.0 through 7.4.12; 7.2.0 through 7.2.13; 7.0.0 through 7.0.19; 6.4.0 through 6.4.16 · source: vendor, NVD
RA
RUGGEDCOM APE1808 · Siemens
0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71408
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71408
Mitigation
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-162
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-127084.html
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