What is CVE-2022-22302?

CVE-2022-22302 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiauthenticator, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-22302?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-22302 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiauthenticator

CVE-2022-22302

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (21.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiauthenticator — versions 6.1.0, 6.0.0, 5.5.0
Fortinet Fortios — versions 6.4.0, 6.0.0, 6.4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

psirt@fortinet.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22302?: CVE-2022-22302 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiauthenticator, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-22302?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-22302 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.