Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-9194

Description

A plaintext recovery of encrypted messages or a Man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack on RSA PKCS #1 v1.5 encryption may be possible without knowledge of the server's private key. Fortinet FortiOS 5.4.6 to 5.4.9, 6.0.0 and 6.0.1 are vulnerable by such attack under VIP SSL feature when CPx being used.

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Affected products

Fortinet/Fortiosllm-fuzzy2 versions
5.4.6 - 5.4.9, 6.0.0, 6.0.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 5.4.6 - 5.4.9, 6.0.0, 6.0.1
- (no CPE)range: 6.0.1, 6.0.0

Patches

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References

fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-302nvdVendor Advisory
robotattack.orgnvdThird Party Advisory
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/144389nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

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