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CVE-2020-12812: Used in ransomware campaigns — CISA KEV

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.

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

An improper authentication vulnerability in SSL VPN in FortiOS 6

Vendor / Product
— / —
Added to KEV
BOD 22-01 due
Ransomware use
Known
CVSS / EPSS
9.8 · EPSS —

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

- CISA KEV: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

No additional references available in the KB record.

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

06Detection

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