{"id":"CVE-2026-118633","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-118633","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T11:42:46.187Z","title":"A path traversal vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code as root in Sophos UTM (all versions) after winning a race condition by sustaining repeated attacks for a few minutes when the email proxy is used with…","description":"A path traversal vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code as root in Sophos UTM (all versions) after winning a race condition by sustaining repeated attacks for a few minutes when the email proxy is used with scanning enabled. Sophos UTM is end-of-life and the patch must be installed manually.","published":"2026-10-28T19:17:32.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-29T16:19:38.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"security-alert@sophos.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":9.2,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-35"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00595,"percentile":0.48471,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[{"date":"2026-10-29","score":0.00595,"percentile":0.4833}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-28T19:17:32.000Z","detail":{"score":"9.2","severity":"CRITICAL","publishedAt":"2026-10-28T19:17:31.537Z"},"summary":"New CVE, critical severity (CVSS 9.2)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20261028-utm-rce","source":"security-alert@sophos.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118633","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}