Threats / Mitel / CVE-2022-29499
CVE-2022-29499
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Mitel MiVoice Connect vulnerability
Mitel MiVoice Connect Service Appliance allows remote code execution through improper input validation, enabling unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Verdict
Today item, not a backlog item.
A remote code execution vulnerability in the Service Appliance component of Mitel MiVoice Connect due to insufficient input validation. The vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild and leveraged in ransomware campaigns, posing critical risk to affected deployments.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
18 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-06-27), flagged for known ransomware use.
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.56693 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Mitel, MiVoice Connect. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-20 Improper Input Validation.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft malicious input that bypasses validation checks in the Service Appliance component.
Business
Attackers gain initial network access to critical communications infrastructure without authentication.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I execute arbitrary code on the compromised appliance with service-level privileges.
Business
Threat actors establish persistent control over the organization's unified communications platform.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I deploy ransomware payloads or lateral movement tools across the internal network.
Business
Operations are disrupted through encryption of critical systems and data exfiltration.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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