CVE-2019-6143

CRITICAL

Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall 6.4.0-6.4.6, 6.5.0-6.5.3, 6.6.0-6.6.1 - Authentication Bypass via LDAP

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall (Forcepoint NGFW) 6.4.x before 6.4.7, 6.5.x before 6.5.4, and 6.6.x before 6.6.2 has a serious authentication vulnerability that potentially allows unauthorized users to bypass password authentication and access services protected by the NGFW Engine. The vulnerability affects the following NGFW features when the LDAP authentication method is used as the backend authentication: IPsec VPN, SSL VPN or Browser-based user authentication. The vulnerability does not apply when any other backend authentication is used. The RADIUS authentication method is not vulnerable, for example.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0113
EPSS Percentile 62.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
forcepoint/next_generation_firewall 6.4.0 - 6.4.7
Published Aug 20, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026