CVE-2022-25361 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2022-25361?

CVE-2022-25361 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Watchguard Fireware, published on 7 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to delete arbitrary files from a limited set of directories on the system. 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 before 12.5.9_U2.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25361?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Watchguard Fireware.

How do I fix CVE-2022-25361?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25361 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-25361 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Watchguard Fireware

• CVE-2022-26318 WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Appliances Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-14733 WatchGuard Firebox Out of Bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2025-9242 WatchGuard Firebox Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2022-23176 WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-31789 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8

All Watchguard Fireware vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-r9x8-h9ph-cjp4.