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CVE-2022-1040

Sophos Firewall Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 99.8%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 21 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin allows a remote attacker to execute code in Sophos Firewall version v18.5 MR3 and older.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
99.80% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 31 March 2022 · due 21 April 2022
Affected
sophos/sfos
Source
security-alert@sophos.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1040

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.