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Sophos Firewall: CVE-2022-1040: Authentication bypass vulnerability leads to RCE

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Sophos Firewall: CVE-2022-1040: Authentication bypass vulnerability leads to RCE

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/25/2022
Created
04/02/2022
Added
03/31/2022
Modified
05/03/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • sophos-firewall-upgrade-latest

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