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CVE-2022-23176

WatchGuard · Firebox and XTM · WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

· Added to CISA KEV
CVSS—
Severityhigh
Weakness—
EPSS10.8%95.8th percentile
Exploited3 KEV sources
Ransomware useUnknown
Federal fix dueMay 2, 2022
patch window

Called exploited 21 days after disclosure.

Measured from the CVE publication date to the earliest of 3 KEV catalogues that list it.

The life of this vulnerability

  1. CVE published
  2. First KEV listing21d
  3. Last KEV listing25d
  4. Last sighting10mo

Gaps are compressed to equal steps. The elapsed time is printed under each.

Which catalogues call it exploited

Sources3 of 3
Listings differ by25 d
Strongest claimconfirmed

3 catalogues list it. CIRCL aggregates the others and is shown but not counted.

Public exploitation evidence

4 public reports collected from VulnCheck and CIRCL, first on Mar 17, 2022. Each links to its original source. We have not verified them.

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 (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

References

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CVE-2025-14733critical

CISA: WatchGuard RCE flaw now exploited in ransomware attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in WatchGuard Firebox firewalls, tracked as CVE-2025-14733, is now being exploited by ransomware groups. CISA added this flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog in December, at which point it was already being actively exploited.