FortiGate

Description

Product name

fortigate

CVE-2019-6693 (GCVE-0-2019-6693)
Vulnerability from
Published
2019-11-21 15:08
Modified
2025-10-21 23:35
CWE
  • Information disclosure
Summary
Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key to cipher sensitive data in FortiOS configuration backup file may allow an attacker with access to the backup file to decipher the sensitive data, via knowledge of the hard-coded key. The aforementioned sensitive data includes users' passwords (except the administrator's password), private keys' passphrases and High Availability password (when set).
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Fortinet FortiGate Version: 5.6.9 and below
Version: 6.0.5 and below
Version: 6.2.0
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