CVE DATABASE / CVE-2019-6693
CVE-2019-6693
Fortinet FortiOS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability
Confirmed exploited in the wild. Added 2025-06-25.
Federal remediation due 2025-07-16.
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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).
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 6.5 (MEDIUM) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity | NONE |
| Availability | NONE |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
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References
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-007
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-6693
Data: NIST NVD + CISA KEV. NVD last modified 2025-10-24. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.