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Barracuda vs Fortinet

L4-L7 load balancers, ADCs and reverse proxies. Counts are scoped to this segment and the selected published-date window. Fortinet carries 62.0× the disclosed CVE volume of Barracuda. 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: Barracuda versus Fortinet. Each row gives the metric, Barracuda’s count on the left and Fortinet’s count on the right.
BarracudaMetricFortinet
2Total CVEs124
1Critical9
1High37
0Medium73
0Low5
6Open in latest46
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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.

Barracuda

50.0% critical
Critical
150.0%
High
150.0%
Medium
00.0%
Low
00.0%

Fortinet

7.3% critical
Critical
97.3%
High
3729.8%
Medium
7358.9%
Low
54.0%
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Recent activity

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

Barracuda

Recent CVEs affecting Barracuda
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
CVE-2014-2595(opens NVD record)Critical
9.8
Feb 12, 2020
CVE-2017-6320(opens NVD record)High
8.8
Jul 18, 2017

Fortinet

Recent CVEs affecting Fortinet
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
CVE-2026-40688(opens NVD record)High
7.2
Apr 14, 2026
CVE-2026-39814(opens NVD record)Medium
6.7
Apr 14, 2026
CVE-2026-39811(opens NVD record)Medium
4.9
Apr 14, 2026
CVE-2026-30897(opens NVD record)Medium
6.6
Mar 10, 2026
CVE-2026-24641(opens NVD record)Low
2.7
Mar 10, 2026
CVE-2026-24640(opens NVD record)Medium
6.6
Mar 10, 2026

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