CVE-2021-32596 Weak cryptography in Fortinet FortiPortal

What is CVE-2021-32596?

CVE-2021-32596 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiPortal, published on 4 Aug 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A use of one-way hash with a predictable salt vulnerability in the password storing mechanism of FortiPortal 6.0.0 through 6.04 may allow an attacker already in possession of the password store to decrypt the passwords by means of precomputed tables.

Weakness: CWE-916

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-32596?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortiportal.

How do I fix CVE-2021-32596?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-32596 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-32596 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-32596 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiPortal

• CVE-2021-32590 SQL injection in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.9
• CVE-2021-32588 Hardcoded credentials in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7342 Security feature bypass in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7337 Missing authorization in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.1
• CVE-2025-24470 Path traversal in FortiPortal High 8.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-vg58-476g-h37g.