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CVE-2019-16150
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2020-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-798
Description
Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key to encrypt security sensitive data in local storage and configuration in FortiClient for Windows prior to 6.4.0 may allow an attacker with access to the local storage or the configuration backup file to decrypt the sensitive data via knowledge of the hard-coded key.
Affected products
- Fortinet FortiClientWindows: before 6.4.0 — fixed in 6.4.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortinet FortiClientWindows 6.4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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