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Cisco, Fortinet confirm vulnerabilities from NSA Shadow Brokers hack

ID: 96b5f203-6119-586e-b72e-48bb395ca1a7

STIX ID: report--96b5f203-6119-586e-b72e-48bb395ca1a7

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2016-08-19

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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Both Cisco and Fortinet confirmed that vulnerabilities referenced in the Shadow Brokers leak were real: Cisco warned of two ASA flaws that could allow arbitrary code execution or full system control, and Fortinet acknowledged a pre‑August‑2012 FortiGate buffer overflow exploitable via crafted HTTP requests. The report recommends reviewing vendor advisories and investigating affected devices for mitigation.

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