Your firewall could be hijacked today—here’s how to stop it
Two urgent firewall issues need attention. Cisco’s Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) has a maximum-severity bug tied to RADIUS logins that can hand attackers admin control. Patch FMC immediately; as a short-term safety step, you can disable RADIUS until updated. Fortinet’s FortiWeb also has a new authentication-bypass (CVE-2025-52970). Versions 7.0–7.6 are affected; attackers can impersonate users, even admins. Fortinet released fixes on 12 August—upgrade now. Version 8 isn’t impacted. I also cover practical mitigations and why vendor diversity helps.
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David Bombal
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