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CVE-2022-23176 — WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

CVSS
EPSS
9.57% (top 7.20%)
CWE
Published
2022-02-24T00:52:48.000Z
Last modified
2025-10-21T23:15:45.629Z
CVSS vector
CISA KEV — Actively Exploited
Added to KEV
2022-04-11
BOD 22-01 due
2022-05-02
Ransomware use
Unknown

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / n/an/a

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2022-04-11. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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