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CVE-2022-23176

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 8.8EPSS 12.7%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 2 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow a remote attacker with unprivileged credentials to access the system with a privileged management session via exposed management access. This vulnerability impacts Fireware OS before 12.7.2_U1, 12.x before 12.1.3_U3, and 12.2.x through 12.5.x before 12.5.7_U3.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
12.69% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 11 April 2022 · due 2 May 2022
Affected
watchguard/fireware
Source
cve@mitre.org

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23176

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.