Vulnerability in Sophos Firewall

CVE-2024-13974

A business logic vulnerability in the Up2Date component of Sophos Firewall older than version 21.0 MR1 (20.0.1) can lead to attackers controlling the firewall’s DNS environment to achieve remote code execution.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.074 (94.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-13974: held from 0.072 to 0.074.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.072 · newest: 0.074 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-13974?
CVE-2024-13974 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Firewall, classified under CWE-807. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-13974?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.