CVE-2022-3236

Sophos Firewall: Code Injection

As of , CVE-2022-3236 in Sophos Firewall is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 23 September 2022
US federal deadline
14 October 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.99Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
No score that dayThe EPSS file of the day CISA listed it has no score for it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
Vendor advice: www.sophos.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

A code injection vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin of Sophos Firewall allows for remote code execution.

CISA's description

A code injection vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin allows a remote attacker to execute code in Sophos Firewall version v19.0 MR1 and older.

The CVE record's description, from Sophos

CVE published
23 September 2022
Assigned by
Sophos
CVSS
9.8 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Firewall: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2022-1040Authentication BypassSophos FirewallPatch this weekEPSS 0.990.99

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