Use of a hardcoded cryptographic key in the FortiGuard services communication protocol may allow a Man in the middle with knowledge of the key to eavesdrop on and modify information (URL/SPAM services in FortiOS 5.6, and URL/SPAM/AV services in FortiOS 6.0.; URL rating in FortiClient) sent and received from Fortiguard severs by decrypting these messages.

Related CVEs

CVE-2018-9195

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-grw5-hmpf-442m

Published

May 24, 2022 5:01 PM

Last Modified

April 4, 2024 2:40 AM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 18, 2025 6:25 AM

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