CVE-2022-23176

High8.8Published on February 24, 2022

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.

Actively exploited

  • In the CISA exploited-vulnerabilities catalogue since Apr 11, 2022
  • US federal agencies must remediate it by May 2, 2022 (BOD 22-01)
  • First attack observed 20 days after disclosure

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Source: CISA KEV · Feb 14, 2023 Feb 2, 2023 Apr 11, 2022 Mar 17, 2022

CVSS score8.8 / 10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vendorswatchguard

Affected products

VendorsProductVersions
watchguardfireware< 12.1.3

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