What is CVE-2020-9286?

CVE-2020-9286 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiadc. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-9286?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiadc

CVE-2020-9286

An improper authorization vulnerability in FortiADC may allow a remote authenticated user with low privileges to perform certain actions such as rebooting the system.

Published 2020-04-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (65.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiadc
Fortinet Fortiadc Firmware
Fortiadc — versions FortiADC 5.3.3 and earlier.

References

fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-013 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9286?: CVE-2020-9286 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiadc. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-9286?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.