CVE•Published 2026-05-12•Modified 2026-05-16•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-44278Fortinet · Forticlient
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
2.3
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, FortiClientWindows 7.2 all versions may allow attacker to information disclosure via <insert attack vector here>
Timeline
Published 2026-05-12
Modified 2026-05-16
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-44278Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Fortinet Forticlient"All exposed Fortinet Forticlient instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Forticlient"HTTP body or banner mentions "Forticlient" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-44278Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-44278Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-44278Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-44278GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-44278" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-44278 on GitHub.
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