VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-6693

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability6.64%

CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability

Published2019-11-21

Last modified2026-08-04

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Fortinet FortiOS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Fortinet / FortiOS

Description

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).

Weakness classification

CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Primary references

psirt@fortinet.com — Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — US Government Resource