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WatchGuard vs Fortinet

Fortinet carries 8.3× the disclosed CVE volume of WatchGuard. 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: WatchGuard versus Fortinet. Each row gives the metric, WatchGuard’s count on the left and Fortinet’s count on the right.
WatchGuardMetricFortinet
67Total CVEs559
6Critical37
36High183
25Medium285
0Low54
24Open in latest294
2Product 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.

WatchGuard

9.0% critical
Critical
69.0%
High
3653.7%
Medium
2537.3%
Low
00.0%

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.

WatchGuard

Recent CVEs affecting WatchGuard
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
CVE-2026-86134(opens NVD record)High
7.5
Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-90441(opens NVD record)High
8.1
Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-86136(opens NVD record)High
8.1
Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-86133(opens NVD record)High
7.5
Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-86132(opens NVD record)High
7.5
Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-86131(opens NVD record)Critical
9.8
Sep 30, 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