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Cleartext Credential Exposure in Memory via FortiPAM CLI Diagnose Commands

IdentifiersCVE-2025-61713CWE-316· Cleartext Storage of Sensitive…

CVE-2025-61713 is a cleartext storage of sensitive information in memory vulnerability in Fortinet FortiPAM. According to the provided content, affected versions are FortiPAM 1.6.0, 1.5 all versions, 1.4 all versions, 1.3 all versions, 1.2 all versions, 1.1 all versions, and 1.0 all versions. Sensitive information, specifically other administrators' credentials, may be retained in memory in cleartext and exposed through CLI diagnose commands. An authenticated attacker with read-write administrator privileges to the CLI can retrieve these credentials from memory.

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ANALYST BRIEF

Impact, mitigation & remediation

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Impact

What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.

Successful exploitation allows an authenticated attacker with sufficient CLI administrative privileges to obtain other administrators' credentials. This can enable compromise of additional privileged accounts, unauthorized access to FortiPAM administrative functions, privilege abuse across shared administration boundaries, and potential follow-on actions depending on how the recovered credentials are reused within the environment.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

Until patching is completed, restrict CLI access to the smallest possible set of trusted administrators, limit or disable use of diagnose commands where operationally feasible, and closely monitor administrative CLI activity for credential-access attempts. Enforce least privilege for FortiPAM administrators, rotate potentially exposed administrator credentials, and review whether recovered credentials may have been reused elsewhere. Network segmentation and robust privilege restriction, as recommended in the advisory context, can further reduce exposure.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Apply Fortinet vendor patches or upgrade to a fixed FortiPAM release as provided by Fortinet. The provided content confirms that Fortinet has released patches and recommends immediate updates to affected systems. Organizations should prioritize upgrading all affected FortiPAM versions, including 1.6.0 and all versions in the 1.0 through 1.5 branches, to a non-vulnerable release identified by Fortinet.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

Exploits

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EXPOSURE SURFACE

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FortinetFortipamoperating_system

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ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

4 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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Threat actor evidence

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Associated malware

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Detection signatures

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Vendor-by-vendor mapping

Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.

Social activity2

Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.

EXTERNAL REFERENCES
MITRE CVE
cve.org · CVE-2025-61713
NVD
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61713
MITRE CWE · CWE-316
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in…
Vendor Advisory
fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-789