{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2019-6693 in the wild since at least 25 Jun 2025, including in ransomware campaigns.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2019-6693 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 16 Jul 2025.","what":"CVE-2019-6693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 21 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2019-6693 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2019-6693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 21 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2019-6693 in the wild since at least 25 Jun 2025, including in ransomware campaigns.\n\nAffected product: Fortinet Fortios. 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-2019-6693/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6693/index.md)","id":"CVE-2019-6693","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6693/index.md","name":"CVE-2019-6693","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-hx92-84x6-67mx"],"analysis":{"component_type":"network_device","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"FortiGate firewall","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers with backup file access can decrypt sensitive data like user passwords and private keys using a hard-coded cryptographic key.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"hardcoded_credentials"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"fortinet","cpe":[{"product":"fortios","vendor":"fortinet"}],"cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-798","name":"Use of Hard-coded Credentials"}],"description":"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).","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2021-12-21","github_poc":4,"max_poc_stars":30,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2023-12-08T11:00:40Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/saladandonionrings/cve-2019-6693","stars":30,"title":"An authorized remote user with access or knowledge of the standard encryption key can gain access and decrypt the FortiOS backup files and all non-administator passwords, private keys and High Availability passwords."},{"date":"2023-06-30T08:48:37Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/synacktiv/CVE-2020-9289","stars":11,"title":"Decrypt reversible secrets encrypted using the default hardcoded key related to CVE-2020-9289 on FortiAnalyzer/FortiManager (the only difference with CVE-2019-6693 is the encryption routine)."},{"date":"2021-12-21T15:28:00Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/gquere/CVE-2019-6693","stars":8,"title":"Decrypt FortiGate configuration secrets"},{"date":"2025-08-26T03:15:36Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Real4XoR/CVE-2019-6693","stars":1,"title":null}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Fortinet FortiOS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials","id":"CVE-2019-6693","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2025-06-25","dueDate":"2025-07-16","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","product":"FortiOS","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","vendorProject":"Fortinet","vulnerabilityName":"Fortinet FortiOS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"fortinet:fortios","products":["fortinet:fortios"],"type":"hardcoded_credentials","year":"2019"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in Fortinet FortiManager","id":"CVE-2019-6695"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Other in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows","id":"CVE-2019-6692"},"products":["FortiGate"],"published":"2019-11-21","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Fortinet Multiple Products Format String","id":"CVE-2024-23113","kev_date_added":"2024-10-09","published":"2024-02-15"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass","id":"CVE-2022-40684","kev_date_added":"2022-10-11","published":"2022-10-18"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass","id":"CVE-2024-55591","kev_date_added":"2025-01-14","published":"2025-01-14"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write","id":"CVE-2024-21762","kev_date_added":"2024-02-09","published":"2024-02-09"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Fortinet FortiOS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-42475","kev_date_added":"2022-12-13","published":"2023-01-02"},{"cvss_score":9.2,"headline":"Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy SSL-VPN Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2023-27997","kev_date_added":"2023-06-13","published":"2023-06-13"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Fortinet Multiple Products Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature","id":"CVE-2025-59718","kev_date_added":"2025-12-16","published":"2025-12-09"}],"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":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-04","vendors":["Fortinet"]},"summary":"Attackers with backup file access can decrypt sensitive data like user passwords and private keys using a hard-coded cryptographic key.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6693/"}