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CVE-2019-6693

FortiGate

Fortinet / FortiGate · 5.6.9 and below

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Severity
CVSS 6.5 · Medium
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
5.6%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

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What it is

CVE-2019-6693 is a vulnerability affecting Fortinet FortiGate. Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key to cipher sensitive data in FortiOS configuration backup file may allow an attacker with access to the backup file...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

Fortinet / FortiGate 5.6.9 and below.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

FortiGate

Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key to cipher sensitive data in FortiOS configuration backup file may allow an attacker with access to the backup file to decipher the sensitive data, via knowledge of the hard-coded key.

The aforementioned sensitive data includes users' passwords (except the administrator's password), private keys' passphrases and High Availability password (when set).

Vendor Product Affected Status
Fortinet FortiGate 5.6.9 and below Affected
Fortinet FortiGate 6.0.5 and below Affected
Fortinet FortiGate 6.2.0 Affected
Published
21 Nov 2019
Exploitation Reported
02 Jun 2026
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None

Tags

ios cisa edge malware

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 02 Jun 2026

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Used in malware

CISA

Recorded 02 Jun 2026

Malware families have been linked to exploitation of this CVE.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CVE First 2026-06-01 10:33 UTC
CISA 2026-06-02 14:07 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
0
User-Agents
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

5.6%

Weaknesses

Use of Hard-coded Credentials CWE-798

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 6.5 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 4.0 Medium

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. First public exploitation report

    Exploit observed in malware

  2. Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  3. Added to KEV Intelligence KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  4. CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  5. CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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Free JSON includes basic KEV fields 
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2019-6693",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 6.5,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.05617,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

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