CVE-2022-23176

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.108 · 96 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV

Likely / severe?

10.8% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 9 · high

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-04-11remediate by 2022-05-02

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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 12.5.x before 12.5.7_U3.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 10

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USCWE-284US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Watchguard Technologies Inc. Fireware OS≤ 12.7 Update 1fstec_bduRU
Watchguard Technologies Inc. Fireware OS≤ 12.1.3 Update 5fstec_bduRU
watchguard fireware12.0.0 → 12.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
watchguard fireware= 12.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
watchguard fireware12.2.0 → 12.5.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
watchguard fireware= 12.5.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
watchguard fireware= 12.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-02-24modified 2026-06-17

references (17)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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