CVE-2020-15938

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Published Mar 4, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

When traffic other than HTTP/S (eg: SSH traffic, etc...) traverses the FortiGate in version below 6.2.5 and below 6.4.2 on port 80/443, it is not redirected to the transparent proxy policy for processing, as it doesn't have a valid HTTP header.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Fortinet

Fortinet FortiOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`FortiOS 6.4.2, 6.2.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-7909	When traffic other than HTTP/S (eg: SSH traffic, etc...) traverses the FortiGate in version below 6.2.5 and below 6.4.2 on port 80/443, it is not redirected to the transparent proxy policy for processing, as it doesn't have a valid HTTP header.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.772% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-172

History

Oct 25, 2024 2:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Fortinet Fortios

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 25, 2024, 1:59 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: fortinet
Published: Mar 4, 2021, 5:28 PM
Updated: Oct 25, 2024, 1:59 PM
Reserved: Jul 24, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 1:30 PM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 1:30 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:57 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 4, 2021, 6:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:57 AM

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