# CVE-2022-40629: Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Tacitine Firewall

> An unauthenticated remote attacker can view sensitive information on Tacitine Firewalls via a crafted HTTP request.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 22 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rggh-c47v-5wh6

## What is CVE-2022-40629?

CVE-2022-40629 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tacitine Firewall, published on 23 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

This vulnerability exists in Tacitine Firewall, all versions of EN6200-PRIME QUAD-35 and EN6200-PRIME QUAD-100 between 19.1.1 to 22.20.1 (inclusive), due to insecure design in the Tacitine Firewall web-based management interface. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted http request on the targeted device. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to view sensitive information on the targeted device.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40629?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Tacitine En6200-Prime Quad-100 Firmware, Tacitine En6200-Prime Quad-35 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-40629?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40629 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-40629 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40629 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Tacitine Firewall

- [CVE-2022-40628](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40628/): Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Tacitine Firewall (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-40630](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40630/): Improper Session Management Vulnerability in Tacitine Firewall (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-40629 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-40629 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tacitine Firewall, published on 23 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40629 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Tacitine Firewall. 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-2022-40629/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40629/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40629
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40629
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40629

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40629/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.