[FortiOS] Sensitive information is displayed in cleartext in the CLI window when using diagnose sys ha checksum command

Summary

A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in FortiOS command line interface may allow an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information such as users passwords by connecting to FortiGate CLI and executing the "diag sys ha checksum show" command.

Affected Products

FortiOS versions 6.2.4 and below.
FortiOS versions 6.0.11 and below.

Solutions

Please upgrade to FortiOS version 6.4.0 or above.
Please upgrade to FortiOS version 6.2.5 or above.
Please upgrade to FortiOS version 6.0.12 or above.

Acknowledgement

Fortinet is pleased to thank Shaun Farrow for reporting this vulnerability under responsible disclosure.

Timeline

2020-10-19: Initial publication