Over 25,000 FortiCloud SSO devices exposed to remote attacks

Over 25,000 Fortinet devices with FortiCloud SSO enabled are exposed online and vulnerable to remote attacks. The exposure comes amid ongoing attacks targeting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet systems. Internet security watchdog Shadowserver discovered these vulnerable devices, highlighting the significant security risk to organizations using FortiCloud SSO authentication. The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms and potentially gain unauthorized access to affected systems. This represents a large-scale exposure of enterprise authentication infrastructure.