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CVE-2019-6693

Known Exploited (CISA KEV)MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score83.2940%
EPSS Percentile94.05th
PublishedNov 21, 2019
Last ModifiedOct 24, 2025

Vulnerability 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).

Affected Platforms (CPE)

💻
Fortinet

Fortios

<= 5.6.10
💻
Fortinet

Fortios

>= 6.0.0 and <= 6.0.6
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Fortinet

Fortios

= 6.2.0

References & Advisories

🔗 https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-007
🔗 https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-007
🔗 https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-6693

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