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CVE-2022-0823

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0823 describes a timing side-channel vulnerability in Zyxel GS1200 series switches (GS1200-5, GS1200-5HP, GS1200-8, GS1200-8HP, and their firmware). This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.2), allows a local attacker to potentially guess passwords due to improper control of interaction frequency. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access if exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.00\(abkm.1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:gs1200-5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.00\(abkn.1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:gs1200-5hp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.00\(abme.1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:gs1200-8_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.00\(abmf.1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:gs1200-8hp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.2MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 23rd percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

zyxel.com / support/Zyxel-security-advisory-for-password-guessing-vulnerability-of-GS1200-series-switches.shtml
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