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CVE-2022-45853

🔶 medium
Summary

The privilege escalation vulnerability in the Zyxel GS1900-8 firmware version V2.70(AAHH.3) and the GS1900-8HP firmware version V2.70(AAHI.3) could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator privileges to execute some system commands as 'root' on a vulnerable device via SSH.

CVSS Score
6.7
Medium
EPSS Score
0.0
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2023-05-30
First Seen: 2026-01-05
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 47.6% of all 365,968 vulnerabilities in our database.

#191,865
Below average severity
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Jan 10, 2025
🔍 Exploitation Status
None
No known exploits
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Total
Complete system compromise possible
SSVC data provided by CISA
Last Modified 2025-01-10
Source NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)
CWE-269 CWE-276

📦 Affected Products 10

Vendor Product Status Affected Versions
zyxel gs1900-10hp_firmware Affected
v2.70\(aazi.3\)
zyxel gs1900-16_firmware Affected
v2.70\(aahj.3\)
zyxel gs1900-24_firmware Affected
v2.70\(aahl.3\)
zyxel gs1900-24e_firmware Affected
v2.70\(aahk.3\)
zyxel gs1900-48_firmware Affected
v2.70\(aahn.3\)
zyxel gs1900-8_firmware Affected
v2.70\(aahh.3\)
zyxel gs1900-8hp_firmware Affected
v2.70\(aahi.3\)
zyxel gs1900-24ep_firmware Affected
v2.70\(abto.3\)
zyxel gs1900-24hpv2_firmware Affected
v2.70\(abtp.3\)
zyxel gs1900-48hpv2_firmware Affected
v2.70\(abtq.3\)

🔗 References 1

https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/support/security-adv...
Vendor Advisory

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