CVE-2019-17657: fortinet fortianalyzer Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-17657 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in fortinet fortianalyzer. EPSS estimates a 2.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 07-04-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 25-10-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch below 3.6.11, 6.0.6 and 6.2.2, FortiAnalyzer below 6.2.3, FortiManager below 6.2.3 and FortiAP-S/W2 below 6.2.2 may allow an attacker to cause admin webUI denial of service (DoS) via handling special crafted HTTP requests/responses in pieces slowly, as demonstrated by Slow HTTP DoS Attacks.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.44%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
84%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.44% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Fortinet5 products
- fortianalyzer< 6.2.3
- fortiap-s< 6.2.2
- fortiap-w2< 6.2.2
- fortimanager< 6.2.3
- fortiswitch< 3.6.11 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.6 | ≥ 6.2.0, < 6.2.2
Alpine1 product
- apache2< 2.4.48-r0
2 vendors · 6 products