vulnerability
Zyxel Firewall: CVE-2022-30526: Privilege Escalation
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jul 19, 2022 | Jul 19, 2022 | Jul 19, 2022 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 19, 2022
Added
Jul 19, 2022
Modified
Jul 19, 2022
Description
Rapid7 discovered and reported a vulnerability affecting Zyxel firewalls supporting Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP), which includes the ATP series, VPN series, and the USG FLEX series (including USG20-VPN and USG20W-VPN). The vulnerability, assigned CVE-2022-30525, allows an unauthenticated and remote attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution as `nobody` on the affected device.
Solution
zyxel-firewall-upgrade-latest
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