CVE-2016-8495: Fortinet FortiManager Firmware

High severity, CVSS 7.4. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An improper certificate validation vulnerability in Fortinet FortiManager 5.0.6 through 5.2.7 and 5.4.0 through 5.4.1 allows remote attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack via the Fortisandbox devices probing feature.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiManager Firmware: version 5.0.3 only; version 5.0.4 only; version 5.0.5 only; version 5.0.6 only; version 5.0.7 only; version 5.0.8 only; …

Published 2017-02-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.