CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-6648

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Oct 21, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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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.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FortiproxyFortinet*1.2.10 (excluding)
FortiproxyFortinet2.0.0 (including)2.0.0 (including)
FortiosFortinet*6.0.12 (excluding)
FortiosFortinet6.2.0 (including)6.2.5 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References