CVE-2023-0669
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT: Remote Code Execution
As of , CVE-2023-0669 in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT 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 10 February 2023
- US federal deadline
- 3 March 202321 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Known
- 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
- 0.18 on 10 February 2023EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Fortra (formerly, HelpSystems) GoAnywhere MFT contains a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in the License Response Servlet due to deserializing an attacker-controlled object.
CISA's description
Fortra (formerly, HelpSystems) GoAnywhere MFT suffers from a pre-authentication command injection vulnerability in the License Response Servlet due to deserializing an arbitrary attacker-controlled object. This issue was patched in version 7.1.2.
The CVE record's description, from rapid7
- CVE published
- 6 February 2023
- Assigned by
- rapid7
- CVSS
- 7.2 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-502
- Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 51339).
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Unsafe Deserialization RCEexploit module, rank excellent
- Exploit-DB: Goanywhere Encryption helper 7.1.1 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)EDB-ID 51339, 8 April 2023
GoAnywhere MFT: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-10035Deserialization of Untrusted Data | Fortra GoAnywhere MFT | Patch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org