Description
Fortinet FortiOS through 7.6.6 allows attackers to decrypt LDAP credentials stored in device configuration files, as exploited in the wild from 2025-12-16 through 2026 (by default, the encryption key is the same across all customers' installations). NOTE: the Supplier's position is that the instance of CWE-1394 is not a vulnerability because customers "are supposed to enable" a non-default option that eliminates the weakness. However, that non-default option can disrupt functionality as shown in the "Managing FortiGates with private data encryption" document, and is therefore intentionally not a default option.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Attack Vector
- local
- Complexity
- high
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- changed
- Confidentiality
- low
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1394
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- UNKNOWN
- Published
- 2/5/2026
- Last Modified
- 2/6/2026
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
No affected products information available.
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