Medium severity · published Nov 21, 2019
CVE-2019-6693
Fortinet FortiOS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability
RansomwareIn wildKEV
6.5
CVSS
6.6%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.6% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Jun 25, 2025
Federal remediation dueJul 16, 2025
Ransomware campaign useKnown
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
5.6.9 and below; 6.0.5 and below; 6.2.0 · source: vendor, NVD, KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6693
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6693
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-007
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