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CVE-2022-1040: Sophos Firewall Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-31
• EPSS: 99.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17

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 products

• Sophos Firewall: through 18.5.3

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168046/Sophos-XG115w-Firewall-17.0.10-MR-10-Authentication-Bypass.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51006
• https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220325-sfos-rce
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168046/Sophos-XG115w-Firewall-17.0.10-MR-10-Authentication-Bypass.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51006
• https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220325-sfos-rce
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-1040

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