CVE-2020-6648

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-312

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Fortinet	FortiGate and FortiProxy	FortiOS versions 6.2.4 and earlier and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.9 and earlier.

References

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-009Vendor Advisory
https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-236Vendor Advisory
https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-009Vendor Advisory
https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-236Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 21, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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