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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2022-22512 json

VARTA: Multiple devices prone to hard-coded credentials

published 2023-03-23 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-27658

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Hard-coded credentials in Web-UI of multiple VARTA Storage products in multiple versions allows an unauthorized attacker to gain administrative access to the Web-UI via network.

Patch / fix

  • VARTA Storage Element backup F21000400
  • VARTA Storage Element S1 2e.3.8.0
  • VARTA Storage Element S2 2e.3.8.0
  • VARTA Storage Element S3 2e.3.8.0, 2e.4.4.0
  • VARTA Storage Element S4 D21010400
  • VARTA Storage One L/XL 2e.3.8.0
  • VARTA Storage Pulse (not pulse neo) C21010800

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • VARTA Storage Element backup
  • VARTA Storage Element S1
  • VARTA Storage Element S2
  • VARTA Storage Element S3
  • VARTA Storage Element S4
  • VARTA Storage One L/XL
  • VARTA Storage Pulse (not pulse neo)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.