CVE-2019-17655

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A cleartext storage in a file or on disk (CWE-313) vulnerability in FortiOS SSL VPN 6.2.0 through 6.2.2, 6.0.9 and earlier and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.9 and earlier may allow an attacker to retrieve a logged-in SSL VPN user's credentials should that attacker be able to read the session file stored on the targeted device's system.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-312

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Fortinet	Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy	FortiOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.2, 6.0.9 and earlier and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.9 and earlier

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-217Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-224
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-217Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-224

Timeline

Published: Jun 16, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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