Check Point Advisories

Webmin Remote Code Execution (CVE-2022-36446)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2022-0517
Date Published: 3 Jan 2023
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 28 December, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2022-36446
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Webmin up to and excluding 1.997
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Webmin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Webmin Remote Code Execution (CVE-2022-36446) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Webmin Remote Code Execution (CVE-2022-36446)

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