Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2019-5591

Medium 6.5 Exploited in the wild (KEV) Used in ransomware campaigns

Published
Last modified
NVD status
Analyzed

CISA KEV catalog

Confirmed active exploitation.

Listed in CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: attackers are using it in real attacks. Patch it with priority.

CISA KEV
Name
Fortinet FortiOS Default Configuration Vulnerability
Added to catalog
Remediation due date (US federal)
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

A Default Configuration vulnerability in FortiOS may allow an unauthenticated attacker on the same subnet to intercept sensitive information by impersonating the LDAP server.

Affected products

fortinet: fortios

References3

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUM Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS — exploit probability
19% percentile: 97 · as of 2 November 2026
CWE
CWE-306