CVE-2019-17659

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Publication date:

17/03/2025

Last modified:

15/07/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.70 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x

3.70

Severity 3.x

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortisiem::::::::		5.2.7 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-296