{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5589 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5589 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2019-5589 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient, published on 28 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5589 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2019-5589 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient, published on 28 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5589 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Fortinet Forticlient. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5589/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5589/index.md)","id":"CVE-2019-5589","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5589/index.md","name":"CVE-2019-5589","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-mpgm-cx4r-632r"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"FortiClient Windows","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An attacker can execute unauthorized code or commands on FortiClient for Windows via a network-exploitable untrusted search path vulnerability.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"fortinet","cpe":[{"product":"forticlient","vendor":"fortinet"}],"cvss":{"score":8.6,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:X","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-426","name":"Untrusted Search Path"}],"description":"A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet  may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via network exploitable","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Path traversal in FortiClientWindows","id":"CVE-2019-5589","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"fortinet:forticlient","products":["fortinet:forticlient"],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2019"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in FortiWeb","id":"CVE-2019-5590"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiOS","id":"CVE-2019-5588"},"products":["FortiClientWindows"],"published":"2019-05-28","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClientWindows","id":"CVE-2019-17658","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-03-12"},{"cvss_score":9.4,"headline":"Code injection in FortiClientLinux","id":"CVE-2023-45590","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-04-09"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Information disclosure in FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux","id":"CVE-2017-14184","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-12-15"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient","id":"CVE-2016-8493","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-06-26"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"Privilege escalation in FortiClientLinux","id":"CVE-2020-15934","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-12-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClientWindows","id":"CVE-2021-43066","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-05-11"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-13","vendors":["Fortinet"]},"summary":"An attacker can execute unauthorized code or commands on FortiClient for Windows via a network-exploitable untrusted search path vulnerability.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5589/"}