Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-40629 lets an unauthenticated remote attacker read sensitive information from affected Tacitine Firewall web management interfaces. The business risk is confidentiality loss from security infrastructure, especially where management access is reachable from untrusted networks.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority confidentiality risk for affected firewall appliances. Prioritize inventory and management-plane exposure reduction while confirming vendor remediation guidance.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-200 information disclosure caused by insecure design in the Tacitine Firewall web-based management interface. The CVSS 3.1 score is 7.5, with network access, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, and high confidentiality impact only.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely on Tacitine EN6200-PRIME QUAD-35 or EN6200-PRIME QUAD-100 appliances running versions 19.1.1 through 22.20.1, especially if the web management interface is reachable remotely.
Exploitation context
The sources describe exploitation through a specially crafted HTTP request from an unauthenticated remote attacker. The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or other cited evidence of active exploitation.
Researcher notes
The provided affected-product metadata is limited and lacks CPEs. The narrative description gives the broader affected range, while the structured affected entry appears incomplete. No patch version is stated in the bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Identify affected Tacitine Firewall models and software versions.
- Check Tacitine and CERT-In guidance for fixed releases or vendor mitigations.
- Restrict web management access to trusted administrative networks only.
- Remove internet exposure for affected management interfaces where possible.
- Review firewall management logs for suspicious unauthenticated access.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Tacitine firewall appliances by model and firmware version.
- Confirm whether EN6200-PRIME QUAD-35 or QUAD-100 is present.
- Verify web management interfaces are not publicly reachable.
- Check whether versions fall between 19.1.1 and 22.20.1 inclusive.
- Review logs for unexpected remote HTTP access attempts.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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CWE-200: Information exposure and cloud metadata lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N3.93.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=PUBVLNOTES01&VLCODE=CIVN-2022-0363CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://tacitine.com/newdownload/CVE-2022-40629.pdfCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.