---
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: '2026-10-14T04:18:14.393'
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
ingestedAt: '2026-10-13T18:41:42.736Z'
---

## 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.