New infostealer reaches enterprise devices through FortiClient EMS vulnerability (opens in new tab)

Attackers are delivering a broad-spectrum infostealer to enterprise computers by exploiting a known vulnerability (CVE-2026-35616) in FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS). “The [malicious] payload was presented as a Fortinet endpoint update and executed through FortiClient-managed VPN scripting workflows,” Arctic Wold researchers noted. About CVE-2026-35616 CVE-2026-35616 is an improper access control vulnerability vulnerability in FortiClient EMS, a centralized management platform ...