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CVE-2019-17659: fortinet fortisiem Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS: 8.1v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 17-03-2025Last modified 17-03-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-17659 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in fortinet fortisiem. EPSS estimates a 0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.65%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in FortiSIEM version 5.2.6 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain SSH access to the supervisor as the restricted user "tunneluser" by leveraging knowledge of the private key from another installation or a firmware image.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.65% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.65%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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