What is CVE-2022-23743?

CVE-2022-23743 is a high-severity vulnerability in Checkpoint Zonealarm, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-05-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-23743?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Checkpoint Zonealarm

CVE-2022-23743

Check Point ZoneAlarm before version 15.8.200.19118 allows a local actor to escalate privileges during the upgrade process. In addition, weak permissions in the ProgramData\CheckPoint\ZoneAlarm\Data\Updates directory allow a local attacker the ability to execute an arbitrary file write, leading to execution of code as local system, in ZoneAlarm versions before v15.8.211.192119

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2022-05-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Checkpoint Zonealarm
Zonealarm. — versions before v15.8.211.192119

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.zonealarm.com/software/extreme-security/release-history (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23743?: CVE-2022-23743 is a high-severity vulnerability in Checkpoint Zonealarm, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-05-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-23743?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.