WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow an authenticated remote attacker with unprivileged credentials to retrieve certificate private…

published 2022-02-24 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-29979

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits: 0; none known

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow an authenticated remote attacker with unprivileged credentials to retrieve certificate private keys. This vulnerability impacts Fireware OS before 12.7.2_U2, 12.x before 12.1.3_U8, and 12.2.x through 12.5.x before 12.5.9_U2.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

watchguard fireware 12.1.3, 12.5.9, 12.7.2

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Exploit prediction

0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

watchguard.com /support/release-notes/fireware/12/en-US/EN_ReleaseNotes_Fireware_12_7_2/index.html#Fireware/en-US/resolved_is
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-25290
NVD CVE-2022-25290

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