CVE-2022-3236 (GCVE-0-2022-3236)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-09-23 12:50
Modified
2025-10-21 23:15
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
A code injection vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin allows a remote attacker to execute code in Sophos Firewall version v19.0 MR1 and older.
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Date added: 2022-09-23

Due date: 2022-10-14

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220923-sfos-rce; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3236

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