PT-2025-11478 · Fortinet · Fortisiem

Published 2025-03-17 · Updated 2025-03-17 · CVE-2019-17659

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FortiSIEM version 5.2.6

Description A use of hard-coded cryptographic key issue 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.

Recommendations For FortiSIEM version 5.2.6, consider disabling SSH access for the tunneluser until a fix is available, and restrict access to the supervisor to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Using Hardcoded Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-798

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-17659

Affected Products

Fortisiem

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17659 · Vendor Advisory
• https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-296 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17659 · Security Note