sophos sfos CVE-2022-1040 is a vulnerability in Sophos Sfos
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.

Vendor Advisory NVD

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. It has the highest possible exploitability rating (3.9). 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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