CVE-2019-6693
Actively exploited. CVE-2019-6693 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-06-25) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2019-6693 is indexed in GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
Fortinet FortiOS contains a use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cipher sensitive data in FortiOS configuration backup file via knowledge of the hard-coded key.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- This vulnerability involves the use of hard-coded credentials in FortiOS.
- Who is affected
- Users of Fortinet FortiOS are affected by this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and the severity of the issue.
- Action
- Review and secure FortiOS configurations to mitigate this vulnerability.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 92% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2019-6693 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2019-6693: Fortinet FortiOS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-06-25
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