CVE-2022-30526 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Zyxel USG FLEX, ATP, VPN, and USG/ZyWALL series firewalls, allowing a local attacker to execute OS commands with root privileges. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.50, <= 5.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:usg_flex_100w_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.50, <= 5.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:usg_flex_200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.50, <= 5.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:usg_flex_500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.50, <= 5.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:usg_flex_700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.16, <= 5.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:usg_flex_50w_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.