# CVE-2022-27179: ICSA-22-104-03 Red Lion DA50N

> Attackers with access to exported configuration files can obtain stored credentials, potentially compromising protected resources and other assets using the same passwords.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h63p-39p8-cjc7

## What is CVE-2022-27179?

CVE-2022-27179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Lion DA50N, published on 20 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A malicious actor having access to the exported configuration file may obtain the stored credentials and thereby gain access to the protected resource. If the same passwords were used for other resources, further such assets may be compromised.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27179?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redlion Da50n Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-27179?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-27179 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-27179 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Red Lion DA50N

- [CVE-2022-1039](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1039/): ICSA-22-104-03 Red Lion DA50N (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2022-26516](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26516/): ICSA-22-104-03 Red Lion DA50N (high 8.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-27179 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-27179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Lion DA50N, published on 20 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Lion DA50N. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27179/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27179
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27179
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-27179

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27179/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.