April 11, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2022-23176 — WatchGuard Firebox and XTM
WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-04-11- Federal due date
2022-05-02- Vendor
- WatchGuard
- Product
- Firebox and XTM
- EPSS
- 96.0th percentile (score 0.133, as of
2026-07-13) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23176
CISA short 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.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.