Zyxel security advisory for authentication bypass vulnerability of firewalls

Zyxel_Carter

CVE: CVE-2022-0342

Summary

Zyxel has released patches for products affected by the authentication bypass vulnerability. Users are advised to install them for optimal protection.

What is the vulnerability?

An authentication bypass vulnerability caused by the lack of a proper access control mechanism has been found in the CGI program of some firewall versions. The flaw could allow an attacker to bypass the authentication and obtain administrative access of the device.

What versions are vulnerable—and what should you do?

After a thorough investigation, we’ve identified the vulnerable products that are within their warranty and support period and released updates to address the issue, as shown in the table below.

Affected series	Affected firmware version	Patch availability
USG/ZyWALL	ZLD V4.20 through ZLD V4.70	ZLD V4.71
USG FLEX	ZLD V4.50 through ZLD V5.20	ZLD V5.21 Patch 1
ATP	ZLD V4.32 through ZLD V5.20	ZLD V5.21 Patch 1
VPN	ZLD V4.30 through ZLD V5.20	ZLD V5.21
NSG	V1.20 through V1.33 Patch 4	。 Hotfix V1.33p4_WK11* available now 。 Standard patch V1.33 Patch 5 in middle of Jun. 2022

 *Please reach out to your local Zyxel support team for the file.

 

Got a question?

Please contact your local service rep or comment blow for further information or assistance.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to the following researchers for reporting the issue to us:

。  Alessandro Sgreccia from Tecnical Service Srl

。  Roberto Garcia H and Victor Garcia R from Innotec Security

Revision history

2022-03-29: Initial release
2022-05-27: Updated the patch plan of the NSG series