# CVE-2022-45859: An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability \[CWE-522\] in FortiNAC-F 7.2.0, FortiNAC 9.4.1 and below, 9.2.6 and below, 9.1.8 and be

- Severity: CVSS 3.9 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:X/RC:R
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-05-03 · Updated: 2024-10-22

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiNAC: from 9.4.0, through 9.4.1; from 9.2.0, through 9.2.6; from 9.1.0, through 9.1.8; from 8.8.0, through 8.8.11; from 8.7.0, through 8.7.6

## Description

An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability [CWE-522] in FortiNAC-F 7.2.0, FortiNAC 9.4.1 and below, 9.2.6 and below, 9.1.8 and below, 8.8.0 all versions, 8.7.0 all versions may allow a local attacker with system access to retrieve users' passwords.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Fortinet, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Fortinet](https://cve.now/tech/fortinet.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-456

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