CVE-2019-17659 (GCVE-0-2019-17659)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-17 13:06
Modified
2025-03-17 13:35
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CWE
- CWE-798 - Improper access control
Summary
A use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in FortiSIEM version 5.2.6 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain SSH access to the supervisor as the restricted user "tunneluser" by leveraging knowledge of the private key from another installation or a firmware image.
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