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Vulnerability · CVE-2019-6693

Fortinet FortiOS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability

Published Nov 21, 2019 · catalog updated Aug 3, 2026 · Fortinet FortiOS

Patch now

CVE-2019-6693 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 16, 2025. Confirm Fortinet FortiOS against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
6.64%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe fortinet/fortios · vendor Fortinet FortiOS

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).

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  • cpe fortinet/fortios6.2.0
  • vendor Fortinet FortiOSversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2019-6693

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2019-6693 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 16, 2025. Confirm Fortinet FortiOS against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 6.2.0. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials. EPSS 6.64%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Fortinet security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 21, 2019 · Catalog

    Detected

    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).

  2. Jun 25, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Jul 16, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Aug 3, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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).

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-6693

    Fortinet FortiOS contains a use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cipher sensitive data in FortiOS configuration backup file via knowledge of the hard-coded key.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-6693

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2019-6693

    30-day exploitation probability 6.6%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2019-6693

    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' password

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-6693

    Fortinet FortiOS contains a use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cipher sensitive data in FortiOS configuration backup file via knowledge of the hard-coded key.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.