Vulnerability in Sophos Firewall

CVE-2024-12728

A weak credentials vulnerability potentially allows privileged system access via SSH to Sophos Firewall older than version 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3).

EPSS: 0.003 (53.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Sophos Firewall — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1391

References

www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20241219-sfos-rce

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12728?: CVE-2024-12728 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sophos Firewall, classified under CWE-1391. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-12728?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.