CVE-2019-5589
A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via network exploitable
- 8.6HighCVSS base score
- 1.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 36% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via network exploitable
Timeline
ID reserved
By fortinet
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| fortinetCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:X |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Affected products
- affected 6.0.0 – ≤ 6.0.5
- affected 5.6.0 – ≤ 5.6.6
- affected 5.4.0 – ≤ 5.4.5
- affected 5.2.0 – ≤ 5.2.6
- affected 5.0.0 – ≤ 5.0.11
- affected 4.3.0 – ≤ 4.3.5
- affected 4.2.0 – ≤ 4.2.7
- affected 4.1.0 – ≤ 4.1.3
- affected 4.0.1 – ≤ 4.0.4
- affected 5.6.0 – < 5.6.*
What to do
Solution: CVE-2019-5589: Use FortiClient for Windows online installer 6.0.6 or above CVE-2020-9290: Use FortiClient for Windows online installer 6.4.7 or above, 7.0.1 or above, and FortiClient VPN for Windows online installer 6.4.7 or above, 7.0.1 or above CVE-2020-9287: Use FortiClient EMS online installer 6.2.9 or above, 6.4.7 or above, 7.0.1 or above. Revision History: 05-16-2019 Initial version 3-09-2020 add CVE-2020-9290 and CVE-2020-9287 13-9-2021 modified CVE-2020-9290 8-11-2021 add CVE-2020-9290 and CVE-2020-9287
References
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Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-15164 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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