FortiGate & FortiAuthenticator 6.x Clear-Text Storage of Private Keys (CWE-312)
CVE-2022-22302 Published on July 11, 2023
A clear text storage of sensitive information (CWE-312) vulnerability in both FortiGate version 6.4.0 through 6.4.1, 6.2.0 through 6.2.9 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.13 and FortiAuthenticator version 5.5.0 and all versions of 6.1 and 6.0 may allow a local unauthorized party to retrieve the Fortinet private keys used to establish secure communication with both Apple Push Notification and Google Cloud Messaging services, via accessing the files on the filesystem.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-22302 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
The application stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Because the information is stored in cleartext, attackers could potentially read it. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-22302
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Affected Versions
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator:- Version 6.1.0 is affected.
- Version 6.0.0, <= 6.0.4 is affected.
- Version 5.5.0 is affected.
- Version 6.4.0, <= 6.4.1 is affected.
- Version 6.2.0, <= 6.2.9 is affected.
- Version 6.0.0, <= 6.0.13 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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