CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-17543

7.5 HIGH Published 2018-04-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-04-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-326

Description

Users' VPN authentication credentials are unsafely encrypted in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows 5.6.0 and below versions, FortiClient for Mac OSX 5.6.0 and below versions and FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux 4.4.2335 and below versions, due to the use of a static encryption key and weak encryption algorithms.

Affected configurations

• fortinet forticlient (<= 5.6.0) • fortinet forticlient sslvpn client (<= 4.4.2335)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength weakness

References