CVE-2021-24005

7.5 highEPSS 0.6%

High (7.5) in fortinet fortiauthenticator. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Usage of hard-coded cryptographic keys to encrypt configuration files and debug logs in FortiAuthenticator versions before 6.3.0 may allow an attacker with access to the files or the CLI configuration to decrypt the sensitive data, via knowledge of the hard-coded key.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 46% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-798
Published: 2021-07-06
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

fortinet:fortiauthenticator

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-049
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-049

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