Application Delivery / ADC · head-to-head
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 14.3× 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.
Disclosure record
Bars are normalized per row to the larger value; the leading count is emphasized.
| Barracuda | Metric | Fortinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Total CVEs | 43 | ||
| 2 | Critical | 0 | ||
| 1 | High | 16 | ||
| 0 | Medium | 25 | ||
| 0 | Low | 2 | ||
| 1 | Open in latest | 26 |
Risk profile
Each severity band as a share of the vendor's own total — strips out raw volume so the profiles compare directly.
Barracuda
66.7% critical- Critical
- 266.7%
- High
- 133.3%
- Medium
- 00.0%
- Low
- 00.0%
Fortinet
0.0% critical- Critical
- 00.0%
- High
- 1637.2%
- Medium
- 2558.1%
- Low
- 24.7%
Recent activity
Latest in-window disclosures per vendor, newest first. Each ID links to its NVD record.
Barracuda
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2014-8428(opens NVD record) | Critical | 9.8 | Aug 28, 2017 |
| CVE-2014-8426(opens NVD record) | Critical | 9.8 | Aug 28, 2017 |
| CVE-2017-6320(opens NVD record) | High | 8.8 | Jul 18, 2017 |
Fortinet
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-58412(opens NVD record) | Medium | 4.7 | Nov 19, 2025 |
| CVE-2025-54971(opens NVD record) | Medium | 4.3 | Nov 18, 2025 |
| CVE-2025-48839(opens NVD record) | Medium | 6.6 | Nov 18, 2025 |
| CVE-2025-59921(opens NVD record) | Medium | 6.5 | Oct 14, 2025 |
| CVE-2025-49813(opens NVD record) | High | 7.2 | Aug 12, 2025 |
| CVE-2025-31104(opens NVD record) | High | 7.2 | Jun 10, 2025 |
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