Cleartext storage of sensitive information in memory in FortiPAM

1) Cleartext storage of sensitive information in memory

EUVDB-ID: #VU118609

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-61713

CWE-ID: CWE-316 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to cleartext storage of sensitive information in memory in diagnose output. An authenticated attacker with read-write admin privileges can the CLI to obtain other administrators' credentials via diagnose commands.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FortiPAM: 1.0.0 - 1.6.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortipam:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortipam:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortipam:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortipam:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortipam:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortipam:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortipam:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-789

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.