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Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2022-1040

TLP:CLEAR

Sophos Firewall Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

An authentication bypass vulnerability in User Portal and Webadmin of Sophos Firewall allows for remote code execution.

Facts

  • Vendor: Sophos
  • Product: Firewall
  • CVSS: 9.8
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 99.8 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 31 March 2022
  • First known exploitation: 31 March 2022
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 21 April 2022
  • Weakness: CWE-158
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 31 March 2022

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD

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