FKIE_CVE-2026-25815

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-05 22:15 - Updated: 2026-02-05 22:15
Severity ?
3.2 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
Fortinet FortiOS through 7.6.6 allows attackers to decrypt LDAP credentials stored in device configuration files, as exploited in the wild from 2025-12-16 through 2026 (by default, the encryption key is the same across all customers' installations). NOTE: the Supplier's position is that the instance of CWE-1394 is not a vulnerability because customers "are supposed to enable" a non-default option that eliminates the weakness. However, that non-default option can disrupt functionality as shown in the "Managing FortiGates with private data encryption" document, and is therefore intentionally not a default option.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortimanager/7.6.6/administration-guide/30332/managing-fortigates-with-private-data-encryption
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.cert.at/en/blog/2026/1/threat-actors-use-forticloud-to-collect-ldap-connection-passwords
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