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CVE-2022-1040: Sophos Firewall Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2022-1040
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
An authentication bypass vulnerability in User Portal and Webadmin of Sophos Firewall allows for remote code execution.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Sophosproduct: FirewallRemote code executionAuthentication bypass
What
An authentication bypass vulnerability in User Portal and Webadmin of Sophos Firewall allows for remote code execution.
Who is affected
Deployments of Sophos Firewall with User Portal and Webadmin enabled are affected.
Urgency
Remediation is critical due to confirmed exploitation and the severity of the vulnerability.
Action
Update to the latest version of Sophos Firewall to resolve this vulnerability.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-03-31
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1040

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2022-1040coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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