CVE-2023-0669: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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.
Fortra (formerly, HelpSystems) GoAnywhere MFT contains a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in the License Response Servlet due to deserializing an attacker-controlled object.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- There is a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability due to deserializing an attacker-controlled object.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of GoAnywhere MFT are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is actively exploited and classified as critical.
- Action
- Apply the latest security patch provided by Fortra.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0669
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.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2023-0669Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-0669 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Fortra GoAnywhere MFT
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-10035: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-09-29
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