Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Fortinet, Inc products - CVE-2025-55717

 

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Fortinet, Inc products - CVE-2025-55717

Published: March 10, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123715
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-55717
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Fortinet, Inc
Affected software:
FortiMail
FortiRecorder
FortiVoice

Detailed vulnerability 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 Debug Logs. An authenticated malicious administrator can obtain user's secrets via CLI commands.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-55717

Install update from vendor's website.

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