critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2026-39808Fortinet FortiSandbox — unauthenticated OS command injection RCE

Fortinet FortiSandbox 4.4.0 through 4.4.8 passes unsanitized input into operating system commands. An unauthenticated attacker who can reach the device with crafted web (HTTP) requests can run arbitrary commands and take over the appliance. Exploited in the wild.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Apply the fix in Fortinet advisory FG-IR-26-100 now; block internet access to FortiSandbox 4.4.x until patched and hunt for unexpected processes and HTTP requests.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
93%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2026-04-14
Added to KEV
2026-07-16
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190, T1059
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 FortiSandbox HTTP interface; no credentials or user interaction required.

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.gov2026-09-22scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-22scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-22scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-22claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

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

crds:cve-2026-39808 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-22