Exploited CVEs / CVE-2022-23176
CVE-2022-23176
WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. Exploitation in the wild is confirmed by CISA, not predicted. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2022-05-02 (that deadline has passed); treat that date as the outer bound for your own environment. Check the vendor security advisory for the fix.
Risk summary
Actively exploited WatchGuard Firebox and XTM vulnerability, High severity, CVSS v3 8.8. Added to the CISA KEV catalog 2022-04-11.
Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2022-23176
WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances let a remote attacker with only unprivileged credentials obtain a privileged management session through exposed management access, a High Severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) with confirmed exploitation per CISA KEV (2022-04-11). Perimeter firewalls are a prized target because owning one gives an attacker a stable position outside your endpoint tooling. The 13% EPSS score understates the risk to any appliance whose management interface faces the internet.
Do this: Patch Firebox and XTM appliances and restrict their management interfaces to internal management networks only.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2022-23176
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Full tracking and change history for CVE-2022-23176
- Published
- 2022-04-11
- Last revised
- 2022-04-11
- Changes tracked
- 1
Published and last-revised dates are authoritative, from Microsoft MSRC (or the CISA KEV date-added). Senserva additionally records day-to-day changes from 2026-07-07, refreshed several times a day; the change count reflects that forward-only tracking.
- 2022-04-11 added to the CISA KEV catalog by CISA
- 2026-07-17 CVSS 0.0 to 8.8; EPSS first scored at 12.8%
- 2026-08-07 EPSS 12.8% to 12.7%
Recorded by Senserva on the dates shown, from CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. This is what moved and when, which neither the vendor advisory nor NVD publishes.
CISA required action
Federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date: 2022-05-02 (past due).
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Official fix for CVE-2022-23176
Check the vendor's security advisory channel for the patched Firebox and XTM versions and workarounds.
Common questions about CVE-2022-23176
Is CVE-2022-23176 actively exploited?
Yes. CVE-2022-23176 was added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2022-04-11, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed, not predicted. Its EPSS 30-day exploitation probability is 13%.
What is the CISA deadline and required action for CVE-2022-23176?
CISA set the federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date at 2022-05-02, which has passed; treat any unremediated system as overdue. The verbatim required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What fixes CVE-2022-23176?
Check the vendor's security advisory for the patched Firebox and XTM versions and any workarounds. KEV listing makes this a fix-first item: patch it ahead of higher-CVSS issues nobody is exploiting.
Can I ask my own AI about CVE-2022-23176?
Yes. This page includes a free, ready-to-paste AI prompt containing CVE-2022-23176's key facts: severity, CVSS, EPSS, the KEV date, the CISA due date, and the required action. Copy it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot; the data is refreshed twice a day (morning and afternoon US Central).
Scope and sources
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