FKIE_CVE-2021-36187

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-11-02 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:58
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A uncontrolled resource consumption in Fortinet FortiWeb version 6.4.0, version 6.3.15 and below, 6.2.5 and below allows attacker to cause a denial of service for webserver daemon via crafted HTTP requests
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-039Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-039Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet fortiweb *
fortinet fortiweb *
fortinet fortiweb 6.4.0
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:58:29.343",
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