High severity · published Mar 17, 2025
CVE-2019-17659
A use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in FortiSIEM version 5.2.6 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain SSH access to the supervisor as the restricted…
8.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in FortiSIEM version 5.2.6 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain SSH access to the supervisor as the restricted user "tunneluser" by leveraging knowledge of the private key from another installation or a firmware image.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Fortisiem · Fortinet
before 5.2.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17659
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17659
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-296
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