CVE-2020-15069

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2025-02-06

Actively exploited. CVE-2020-15069 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-02-06) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Sophos XG Firewall contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows for remote code execution via the "HTTP/S bookmark" feature.

CSIRTS triage

What: The vulnerability allows for remote code execution via the "HTTP/S bookmark" feature.
Who is affected: Deployments of Sophos XG Firewall.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action: Apply the latest security patch provided by Sophos.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 95% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2020-15069: Sophos XG Firewall Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-02-06

External references

NVD record for CVE-2020-15069

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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