01 Record

CVE-2022-23176

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

HighKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-04-11. Federal remediation due 2022-05-02.

SSVC decision

ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

10.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published: 2022-02-24 00:52Z4 YR AGO
Last updated: 2025-10-21 23:15Z1 YR AGO
Reserved: 2022-01-12
Assigning CNA: mitre
Record state: PUBLISHED
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8)
CNA CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses: No CWE assigned
Data version: 5.1
Document digest: fbc7342d20a9419ab98f16eddafa59f6e698593ba57720730e26bd4a8dbb8715

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

watchguardfirewareNot specified—

06 References

securityportal.watchguard.comhttps://securityportal.watchguard.comx_refsource_MISC
www.watchguard.comhttps://www.watchguard.com/support/release-notes/fireware/12/en-US/EN_ReleaseNotes_Fireware_12_7/index.html#Fireware/en-US/resolved_issues.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.watchguard.comhttps://www.watchguard.com/support/release-notes/fireware/12/en-US/EN_ReleaseNotes_Fireware_12_7_2/index.html#Fireware/en-US/resolved_issues.htmlx_refsource_MISC
www.watchguard.comhttps://www.watchguard.com/support/release-notes/fireware/12/en-US/EN_ReleaseNotes_Fireware_12_1_3_U7/index.html#Fireware/en-US/resolved_issues.htmlx_refsource_MISC
arstechnica.comhttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/04/watchguard-failed-to-disclose-critical-flaw-exploited-by-russian-hackers/x_refsource_MISC
www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-23176government-resource