{"uuid": "7840cdd2-0499-4a0d-9859-217887affbf0", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2022-26318", "type": "seen", "source": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/watchguard_firebox_unauth_rce_cve_2022_26318.rb", "content": "{\"aliases\": [], \"arch\": \"cmd\", \"author\": [\"h00die-gr3y \", \"Charles Fol (Ambionics Security)\", \"Dylan Pindur (AssetNote)\", \"Misterxid\"], \"autofilter_ports\": [80, 8080, 443, 8000, 8888, 8880, 8008, 3000, 8443], \"autofilter_services\": [\"http\", \"https\"], \"check\": true, \"default_credential\": false, \"description\": \"This module exploits a buffer overflow at the administration interface (8080 or 4117) of WatchGuard Firebox\\n          and XTM appliances which is built from a cherrypy python backend sending XML-RPC requests to a C binary\\n          called wgagent using pre-authentication endpoint /agent/login.\\n          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\\n          before 12.5.9_U2. Successful exploitation results in remote code execution as user nobody.\", \"disclosure_date\": \"2022-08-29\", \"fullname\": \"exploit/linux/http/watchguard_firebox_unauth_rce_cve_2022_26318\", \"is_install_path\": true, \"mod_time\": \"2026-04-22 11:55:15 +0000\", \"name\": \"WatchGuard XTM Firebox Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution\", \"needs_cleanup\": null, \"notes\": {\"Reliability\": [\"repeatable-session\"], \"SideEffects\": [\"artifacts-on-disk\", \"ioc-in-logs\"], \"Stability\": [\"service-resource-loss\"]}, \"path\": \"/modules/exploits/linux/http/watchguard_firebox_unauth_rce_cve_2022_26318.rb\", \"platform\": \"Unix\", \"post_auth\": false, \"rank\": 400, \"ref_name\": \"linux/http/watchguard_firebox_unauth_rce_cve_2022_26318\", \"references\": [\"CVE-2022-26318\", \"URL-https://www.ambionics.io/blog/hacking-watchguard-firewalls\", \"URL-https://www.assetnote.io/resources/research/diving-deeper-into-watchguard-pre-auth-rce-cve-2022-26318\", \"URL-https://github.com/misterxid/watchguard_cve-2022-26318\", \"URL-https://attackerkb.com/topics/t8Nrnu99ZE/cve-2022-26318\"], \"rport\": 8080, \"session_types\": false, \"targets\": [\"Automatic (Reverse Python Interactive Shell)\"], \"type\": \"exploit\"}", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-08T06:49:02.296600Z"}