Medium severity · published Oct 21, 2020
CVE-2020-6648
A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in FortiOS command line interface in versions 6.2.4 and earlier and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.9 and earlier may allow an…
6.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in FortiOS command line interface in versions 6.2.4 and earlier and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.9 and earlier may allow an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information such as users passwords by connecting to FortiGate CLI and executing the "diag sys ha checksum show" command.
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)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
before 6.0.12; 6.2.0 before 6.2.5 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiproxy · Fortinet
before 1.2.10; 2.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6648
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6648
Vendor Advisory
https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-009
Vendor Advisory
https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-236
More from FortiOS
9.8
CVE-2026-24858
Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2025-25249
Fortinet Multiple Products Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2025-59718
Fortinet Multiple Products Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2024-55591
Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2024-23113
Fortinet Multiple Products Format String Vulnerability