March 30, 2023 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2022-39197 — Fortra Cobalt Strike
Fortra Cobalt Strike Teamserver Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2023-03-30- Federal due date
2023-04-20- Vendor
- Fortra
- Product
- Cobalt Strike
- EPSS
- 98.7th percentile (score 0.464, as of
2026-07-13) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- ATT&CK
- T1059 , T1190 · signal rollup
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39197
CISA short description
Fortra Cobalt Strike contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Teamserver that would allow an attacker to set a malformed username in the Beacon configuration, allowing them to execute code remotely.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.