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Fortinet FortiGate Firewall (FortiOS) — Default Password

Default username and password for the Fortinet FortiGate Firewall (FortiOS): admin / (blank). Learn how to log in and how to change the default credentials.

All physical FortiGate appliances ship with admin account and blank password. FortiGate-VM on cloud platforms uses the instance ID as the initial password instead.

UsernamePasswordAccessNotes
admin
(blank / none)
Web UIPhysical appliances only; blank password
admin
(blank / none)
SSHCLI/SSH access shares the same blank password default

Responsible use

This database lists publicly documented default credentials so administrators can find and change them. Only use these on systems you own or are authorized to test.

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