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Fortinet FortiOS: Improper Authentication (CVE-2020-12812)

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Fortinet FortiOS: Improper Authentication (CVE-2020-12812)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/24/2020
Created
07/31/2020
Added
07/30/2020
Modified
02/15/2024

Description

An improper authentication vulnerability in SSL VPN in FortiOS 6.4.0, 6.2.0 to 6.2.3, 6.0.9 and below may result in a user being able to log in successfully without being prompted for the second factor of authentication (FortiToken) if they changed the case of their username.

Solution(s)

  • fortios-upgrade-6_0_10
  • fortios-upgrade-6_2_4

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