What is CVE-2024-12729?

CVE-2024-12729 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Firewall, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-12729?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Sophos Firewall

CVE-2024-12729

A post-auth code injection vulnerability in the User Portal allows authenticated users to execute code remotely in Sophos Firewall older than version 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1).

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.013 (67.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Sophos Firewall
Sophos Firewall_firmware
Sophos Firewall — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

security-alert@sophos.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12729?: CVE-2024-12729 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Firewall, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-12729?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.