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CVE-2017-17543

N/A

Published: April 26, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:11 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsForticlientForticlient Sslvpn Client

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

Users' VPN authentication credentials are unsafely encrypted in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows 5.6.0 and below versions, FortiClient for Mac OSX 5.6.0 and below versions and FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux 4.4.2335 and below versions, due to the use of a static encryption key and weak encryption algorithms.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Forticlient · Forticlient

95%

v ≤ 5.6.0

Forticlient Sslvpn Client · Fortinet

95%

v ≤ 4.4.2335

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-214

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-326

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