Vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiportal
CVE-2021-32596
A use of one-way hash with a predictable salt vulnerability in the password storing mechanism of FortiPortal 6.0.0 through 6.04 may allow an attacker already in possession of the password store to decrypt the passwords by means of precomputed tables.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Fortinet Fortiportal — versions FortiPortal 6.0.4, 6.0.3, 6.0.2, 6.0.1, 6.0.0
- Fortinet Fortiportal
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-094 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-32596?
- CVE-2021-32596 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiportal, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2021-08-04.
- How severe is CVE-2021-32596?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.