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CVE-2019-5593

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 23, 2020 at 04:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:37 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFortiOS

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Improper permission or value checking in the CLI console may allow a non-privileged user to obtain Fortinet FortiOS plaint text private keys of system's builtin local certificates via unsetting the keys encryption password in FortiOS 6.2.0, 6.0.0 to 6.0.6, 5.6.10 and below or for user uploaded local certificates via setting an empty password in FortiOS 6.2.1, 6.2.0, 6.0.6 and below.

Affected

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

FortiOS· Fortinet
95%
v ≤ 5.6.10v ≤ 6.0.66.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.66.2.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-134

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-755

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