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F5 vs Fortinet

Fortinet carries 1.8× the disclosed CVE volume of F5. 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: F5 versus Fortinet. Each row gives the metric, F5’s count on the left and Fortinet’s count on the right.
F5MetricFortinet
134Total CVEs247
3Critical17
83High71
41Medium129
7Low30
349Open in latest294
3Product 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.

F5

2.2% critical
Critical
32.2%
High
8361.9%
Medium
4130.6%
Low
75.2%

Fortinet

6.9% critical
Critical
176.9%
High
7128.7%
Medium
12952.2%
Low
3012.1%
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Recent activity

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

F5

Recent CVEs affecting F5
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
CVE-2026-94127(opens NVD record)Critical
9.8
Sep 22, 2026
CVE-2026-63020(opens NVD record)Low
3.1
Sep 2, 2026
CVE-2026-60005(opens NVD record)High
8.2
Jul 15, 2026
CVE-2026-60065(opens NVD record)Low
3.7
Jul 15, 2026
CVE-2026-56434(opens NVD record)Medium
6.5
Jul 15, 2026
CVE-2026-55723(opens NVD record)High
8.3
Jul 15, 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