CVE-2022-45853 — The privilege escalation vulnerability in the Zyxel GS1900-8 firmware version

The privilege escalation vulnerability in the Zyxel GS1900-8 firmware version

01What is this vulnerability?

The privilege escalation vulnerability in the Zyxel GS1900-8 firmware version

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Zyxel	GS1900	8HP firmware — V2.70(AAHI.3)
Zyxel	GS1900	8 firmware — V2.70(AAHH.3)

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

• Published: 2023-05-30T10:02:46.637Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-10T17:32:54.505Z

09References

• www.zyxel.com — https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/support/security-advisories/zyxel-security-advis…