Fortinet FortiClient EMS Improper Access Control Vulnerability

Fortinet FortiClient EMS

Fortinet FortiClient EMS contains an improper access control vulnerability that may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via crafted requests. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-04-06 (federal deadline 2026-04-09).

First seen: 6 Apr 2026
Last update: 6 Apr 2026, 12:00 UTC
Identifiers: CVE-2026-35616
Source: CISA KEV
On the menu as: VPN & firewalls

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## Fortinet FortiClient EMS Improper Access Control Vulnerability
Severity: high, exploited in the wild. Patch status: patched.
Affected: Fortinet FortiClient EMS
Ids: CVE-2026-35616

Fortinet FortiClient EMS contains an improper access control vulnerability that may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via crafted requests. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-04-06 (federal deadline 2026-04-09).

## Steps
1. This touches infrastructure (vpn-edge). Look in terraform, ansible, cloud-init, Dockerfiles and docs for the product and version we run. If it isn't in the repo, say so and list what a human should check on the box.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

If you have the pwned.coffee MCP server (https://pwned.coffee/mcp), call lookup_cve("CVE-2026-35616") for the latest, and check_repo with this repo's lockfiles, Dockerfiles and workflows for a full receipt.
Sources: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35616
https://pwned.coffee/i/fortinet-forticlient-ems-improper-access-control-vulnera-cve-2026-35616

Sources

NVD: CVE-2026-35616

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