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CVE-2019-6693
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 ⚠ KEV — EXPLOITED
EPSS exploitation probability: 92%
⚠ Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — actively exploited.
Published 2025-06-25 · Last modified 2026-08-04T05:16:27.110

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).

Affected products

Fortinet — FortiOS

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References

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