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Head-to-head

Cisco vs Fortinet

Cisco carries 1.2× the disclosed CVE volume of Fortinet. Volume reflects disclosure practice and install base as much as code quality — read it with the severity mix. Sourced from the NIST NVD; lower counts indicate a smaller disclosed vulnerability surface — not necessarily lower risk.

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Disclosure record

Bars are normalized per row to the larger value; the leading count is emphasized.

Metric comparison: Cisco versus Fortinet. Each row gives the metric, Cisco’s count on the left and Fortinet’s count on the right.
CiscoMetricFortinet
679Total CVEs559
44Critical37
200High183
433Medium285
2Low54
2,331Open in latest294
10Product families10
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Risk profile

Each severity band as a share of the vendor's own total — strips out raw volume so the profiles compare directly.

Cisco

6.5% critical
Critical
446.5%
High
20029.5%
Medium
43363.8%
Low
20.3%

Fortinet

6.6% critical
Critical
376.6%
High
18332.7%
Medium
28551.0%
Low
549.7%
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Recent activity

Latest in-window disclosures per vendor, newest first. Each ID links to its NVD record.

Cisco

Recent CVEs affecting Cisco
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
CVE-2026-76504(opens NVD record)Critical
9.8
Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-76460(opens NVD record)Critical
10.0
Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-76451(opens NVD record)Medium
4.9
Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-76450(opens NVD record)Medium
4.9
Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-76449(opens NVD record)Medium
4.9
Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-76448(opens NVD record)Medium
4.9
Sep 16, 2026

Fortinet

Recent CVEs affecting Fortinet
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
CVE-2026-71408(opens NVD record)Medium
5.3
Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-71407(opens NVD record)Medium
5.6
Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-70468(opens NVD record)High
8.1
Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-70467(opens NVD record)Low
3.8
Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-70466(opens NVD record)Medium
5.3
Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-26035(opens NVD record)Critical
9.8
Aug 12, 2026