CVE-2022-1040 vulnerability in Sophos Products
Published on March 25, 2022
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.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Sophos Firewall Authentication Bypass Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. An authentication bypass vulnerability in User Portal and Webadmin of Sophos Firewall allows for remote code execution.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 21, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-1040 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-1040
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Affected Versions
Sophos Firewall:- Version unspecified, <= 18.5 MR3 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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