Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Fortinet, Inc products - CVE-2025-55717
Published: March 10, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU123715
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-55717
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
FortiRecorder
FortiVoice
FortiMail
FortiVoice
FortiMail
How to mitigate CVE-2025-55717
Install update from vendor's website.
FortiRecorder - update to 7.2.4
FortiVoice - addressed in versions 7.0.7, 7.2.1
FortiMail - addressed in versions 7.0.9, 7.2.8, 7.4.5, 7.6.3
FortiVoice - addressed in versions 7.0.7, 7.2.1
FortiMail - addressed in versions 7.0.9, 7.2.8, 7.4.5, 7.6.3