CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-1040
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Sophos Firewall Authentication Bypass Vulnerability — Sophos Firewall
An authentication bypass vulnerability in User Portal and Webadmin of Sophos Firewall allows for remote code execution.
- Added to KEV
- 2022-03-31
- Remediation due
- 2022-04-21
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1040
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2022-03-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• sophos sfos (<= 18.5.3)
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168046/Sophos-XG115w-Firewall-17.0.10-MR-10-Authentication-Bypass.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51006 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220325-sfos-rce Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168046/Sophos-XG115w-Firewall-17.0.10-MR-10-Authentication-Bypass.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51006 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220325-sfos-rce Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-1040 US Government Resource