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).
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https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-007 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: fortinet
Published: 2019-11-21T15:08:05.000Z
Updated: 2025-06-25T22:20:23.580Z
Reserved: 2019-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2019-6693

Updated: 2024-08-04T20:31:03.455Z

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2019-11-21T16:15:13.173
Modified: 2025-06-26T19:31:29.797
Link: CVE-2019-6693

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