CVE-2014-2723: Fortinet Fortibalancer 1000 Firmware

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In FortiBalancer 400, 1000, 2000 and 3000, a platform-specific remote access vulnerability has been discovered that may allow a remote user to gain privileged access to affected systems using SSH. The vulnerability is caused by a configuration error, and is not the result of an underlying SSH defect.

Affected products

• Fortinet Fortibalancer 1000 Firmware: any version
• Fortinet Fortibalancer 2000 Firmware: any version
• Fortinet Fortibalancer 3000 Firmware: any version
• Fortinet Fortibalancer 400 Firmware: any version

Published 2020-03-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.