# CVE-2019-6693

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).

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2019-6693
- CVSS: 6.5
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2025-06-25; CISA due date 2025-07-16; known ransomware use
- EPSS: 6.64%
- Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 4 GitHub proofs of concept (first 2021-12-21)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact partial (assessed 2025-06-23)
- Weakness: CWE-798
- Published: 2019-11-21

## Affected versions

- Fortinet FortiGate: affected 5.6.9 and below; 6.0.5 and below; 6.2.0

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-007
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-6693

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