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CVE-2022-42948 Fortra CVE debrief

CVE-2022-42948 affects Fortra Cobalt Strike and is described as a user interface remote code execution vulnerability. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-03-30, which means it is treated as actively exploited and should be prioritized for remediation. The source guidance is to apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vendor
Fortra
Product
Cobalt Strike
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2023-03-30
Original CVE updated
2023-03-30
Advisory published
2023-03-30
Advisory updated
2023-03-30

Who should care

Organizations that run Fortra Cobalt Strike, especially teams responsible for security tooling, server administration, and vulnerability remediation. Because this CVE is in CISA KEV, defenders should treat it as a high-priority patching item.

Technical summary

The available official records identify the issue as a remote code execution vulnerability in the Cobalt Strike user interface. The KEV listing does not provide deeper technical detail in the supplied corpus, but it does establish that the vulnerability is known to be exploited and requires prompt update action. No CVSS score was supplied in the source corpus.

Defensive priority

High. CISA KEV inclusion indicates known exploitation, so remediation should be accelerated relative to routine vulnerability handling.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Apply updates per vendor instructions for Fortra Cobalt Strike.
  • Verify whether any deployed Cobalt Strike instances are exposed in environments that increase risk.
  • Prioritize remediation and track completion against the CISA KEV due date of 2023-04-20.
  • Confirm post-update versioning and retain evidence of remediation for audit and incident response purposes.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based only on the supplied official-source corpus: the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog entry, the CVE record reference, and the NVD reference. The source metadata identifies the vulnerability as 'Fortra Cobalt Strike User Interface Remote Code Execution Vulnerability,' with KEV date added 2023-03-30 and due date 2023-04-20. The corpus does not include CVSS details or deeper technical writeups.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2022-42948 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42948

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2022-42948 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42948

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.