What is CVE-2022-43969?

CVE-2022-43969 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ricoh Im 2500, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2023-02-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-43969?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ricoh Im 2500

CVE-2022-43969

Ricoh mp_c4504ex devices with firmware 1.06 mishandle credentials.

Published 2023-02-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

www.ricoh.com/software/dev_soft_manager (Product)
www.ricoh.com/products/security/vulnerabilities/vul (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-43969?: CVE-2022-43969 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ricoh Im 2500, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2023-02-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-43969?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.