9.8

CVE-2023-26204: fortinet fortisiem Plaintext Storage of a Password

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
Published 13-06-2023Last modified 22-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-26204 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability in fortinet fortisiem. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.43%
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. 13-06-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A plaintext storage of a password vulnerability [CWE-256] in FortiSIEM 6.7 all versions, 6.6 all versions, 6.5 all versions, 6.4 all versions, 6.3 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.1 all versions, 5.4 all versions, 5.3 all versions may allow an attacker able to access user DB content to impersonate any admin user on the device GUI.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.43% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.43%

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
  • fortisiem≥ 6.5.0, ≤ 6.5.1 | ≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.2 | ≥ 6.2.0, ≤ 6.2.1 | ≥ 6.1.0, ≤ 6.1.2 | ≥ 5.3.0, ≤ 5.3.3 | ≥ 6.3.0, ≤ 6.3.3 | ≥ 6.6.0, ≤ 6.6.3 | ≥ 6.7.0, ≤ 6.7.5 | 5.4.0 | 6.1.0 | 6.1.1 | 6.1.2 | 6.2.0 | 6.2.1 | 6.4.0 | 6.4.1 | 6.4.2 | 6.5.0 | 6.5.1

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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