CVE-2020-12812
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-07-24 22:28
Modified
2024-08-04 12:04
Severity ?
Summary
An improper authentication vulnerability in SSL VPN in FortiOS 6.4.0, 6.2.0 to 6.2.3, 6.0.9 and below may result in a user being able to log in successfully without being prompted for the second factor of authentication (FortiToken) if they changed the case of their username.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-283Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
n/aFortinet FortiOS
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2021-11-03

Due date: 2022-05-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Known

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12812

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