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CVE record · CVE-2021-36171

The use of a cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator in the password reset feature of FortiPortal before 6.0.6 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to predict parts of or the who…

CVSS 8.1 HighEPSS 0.012 · 67th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: fortinet) at 1 Mar 2022, 18:05 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Fortinet Fortinet FortiPortal
  • affected FortiPortal before 6.0.6
Identifiers
CVE-2021-36171
CNA
fortinet
Tags
Published
1 Mar 2022
Updated
25 Oct 2024

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.1 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C CNA (fortinet)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.012, the 67th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 1 Mar 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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