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CVE-2020-12812CRITICAL
n/a Fortinet FortiOS — Fortinet FortiOS
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  H  H  H    9.8   .4934   98.8   YES
AFFECTED
  Product           Versions                                          Fixed
  Fortinet FortiOS  FortiOS 6.4.0, 6.2.0 to 6.2.3, 6.0.9 and below –  —
TIMELINE
  May 12  Reserved by fortinet
  Nov 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03
  Nov 3   Published (CNA: fortinet)
CWE-178, CWE-287 · CNA: fortinet · CVSS v3.1 · 2 references · NVD status: Analyzed · KEV due May 3, 2022

Description

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
May 12, 2020ReservedReserved by fortinet
November 3, 2021KEV ADDEDAdded to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03
November 3, 2021PublishedPublished (CNA: fortinet)

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
n/aFortinet FortiOSFortiOS 6.4.0, 6.2.0 to 6.2.3, 6.0.9 and below

Weaknesses

CWE-178 · CWE-287

References (2)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2020-12812 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-178 · CWE-287

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2020-12812 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.