Sophos Firewall Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

CRITIQUE 9.8EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2022-1040 · Published 25/03/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

Sophos Firewall Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 31/03/2022. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

En bref

CVE-2022-1040 est une vulnérabilité CRITIQUE (CVSS 9.8).
Exploitée activement : la CISA l'a ajoutée au catalogue KEV le 31/03/2022.
Probabilité d'exploitation dans les 30 prochains jours (EPSS) : 99.8%, plus élevée que 100.0% des vulnérabilités.
Aucune version corrigée n'est encore connue : suivez l'avis de l'éditeur dans les références.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
Firewall Sophos	Versions not published yet (product named by CISA KEV)

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin allows a remote attacker to execute code in Sophos Firewall version v18.5 MR3 and older.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/168046/Sophos-XG115w-Firewall-17.0.10-MR-10-Authentication-Bypass.html · Exploit
exploit-db.com/exploits/51006 · Exploit
sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220325-sfos-rce · Mitigation
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2022-1040

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