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CVE-2023-5552

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-10-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

A password disclosure vulnerability in the Secure PDF eXchange (SPX) feature allows attackers with full email access to decrypt PDFs in Sophos Firewall version 19.5 MR3 (19.5.3) and older, if the password type is set to “Specified by sender”.

Affected products

• Sophos Firewall: through 19.5.3

References

• https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20231017-spx-password
• https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20231017-spx-password

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