---
id: CVE-2026-106172
title: >-
  A use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox
  5.2.0 through 5.2.1, FortiSandbox 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, FortiSandbox 4.4 all
  versions, FortiSandbox Cloud 5.2.0 through 5.2.1, FortiSandbox Cloud 5.0.0
  through 5…
summary: >-
  A use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox
  5.2.0 through 5.2.1, FortiSandbox 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, FortiSandbox 4.4 all
  versions, FortiSandbox Cloud 5.2.0 through 5.2.1, FortiSandbox Cloud 5.0.0
  through 5…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-321
published: '2026-10-13'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T16:04:11.750'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106172'
references:
  - url: 'https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-179'
    label: psirt@fortinet.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-13T18:41:42.736Z'
vendor: Fortinet
product: FortiSandbox
affected:
  - FortiSandbox >= 5.2.0 <= 5.2.1
  - FortiSandbox >= 5.0.0 <= 5.0.6
  - FortiSandbox >= 4.4.0 <= 4.4.10
  - fortisandbox_cloud >= 5.0.4 <= 5.0.6
  - fortisandbox_cloud >= 5.0.0 <= 5.0.2
  - fortisandbox_cloud >= 4.4.0 <= 4.4.9
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-13T00:00:00+00:00'
scores:
  nvd: 5.3
  cna: 4.9
epss: 0.00237
epssPercentile: 0.14651
---

## Overview

A use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox 5.2.0 through 5.2.1, FortiSandbox 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, FortiSandbox 4.4 all versions, FortiSandbox Cloud 5.2.0 through 5.2.1, FortiSandbox Cloud 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, FortiSandbox Cloud 4.4 all versions may allow attacker to escalation of privilege via specially crafted HTTP requests

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.