CVE-2020-6648
A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in FortiOS command line interface in versions 6.2.4 and earlier and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.9 and earlier may allow an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information such as users passwords by connecting to FortiGate CLI and executing the "diag sys ha checksum show" command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.3 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-312
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (46th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2020-27795)
- Published
- October 21, 2020
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2020-27795 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 25, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fortinet / fortios
- fortinet / fortiproxy
- fortinet / fortiproxy
Certified products that may be affected
6 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- FortiOS 5.6 - Fortinet, Inc. - FIPS 140 3639 - historical
- FortiProxy-400E/2000E/4000E - Fortinet, Inc. - FIPS 140 3628 - historical
- Fortinet FortiProxy v1.0 - Fortinet, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-475 - archived
- FortiOS 5.2 - Fortinet, Inc. - FIPS 140 2765 - historical
- FortiOS™ - Fortinet, Inc. - FIPS 140 1754 - historical
See all 6 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-009(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-236(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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