Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-45963

Critical

Published: 27 December 2022

Published
27 December 2022
Modified
11 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0034 57.4th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-45963 is a critical-severity Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) vulnerability in H3C Secpath F5030 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 42.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

h3c firewall <= 3.10 ESS6703 has a privilege bypass vulnerability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

h3c
secpath f5030 firmware
≤ 3.10_ess6703
h3c
secpath f5060 firmware
≤ 3.10_ess6703
h3c
secpath f5080 firmware
≤ 3.10_ess6703
h3c
secpath f5030-d firmware
≤ 3.10_ess6703
h3c
secpath f5060-d firmware
≤ 3.10_ess6703
h3c
secpath f5080-d firmware
≤ 3.10_ess6703
h3c
secpath f500-6gw firmware
≤ 3.10_ess6703
h3c
secpath f5010 firmware
≤ 3.10_ess6703
h3c
secpath f5020 firmware
≤ 3.10_ess6703
h3c
secpath f5040 firmware
≤ 3.10_ess6703
+1 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-269

Policy addresses roles, responsibilities, and privilege management to prevent improper privilege assignments.

addresses: CWE-269

Access supervision ensures privileges are assigned and managed without improper escalation or retention.

addresses: CWE-269

Assigning group/role memberships and access authorizations (privileges) while reviewing accounts addresses improper privilege management.

addresses: CWE-269

Enforces proper privilege management by requiring all decisions through the verified reference monitor.

addresses: CWE-269

By mandating division of duties across roles, the control enforces proper privilege management and prevents a single entity from controlling an entire sensitive process.

addresses: CWE-269

Implements core proper privilege management by restricting to only required rights.

addresses: CWE-269

Policy requires training on privilege management and least privilege, making it harder to exploit improper privilege management weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-269

Training covers proper privilege management practices, making incorrect privilege assignments less likely.

References