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TI-2024-11801 Aliases CVE-2024-12728GHSA-wj5c-255p-6pwh

A weak credentials vulnerability potentially allows privileged system access via SSH to…

Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-1391Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00942 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Sophos Firewall (Sophos): 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3)

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
SophosSophos Firewallbefore 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3)20.0 MR3 (20.0.3)Patch availableCNA
  • Sophos Firewall VendorSophos Affected before 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3) Fixed in 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3) Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:firewall_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 20.0.3VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:h:sophos:firewall:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onSophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:firewall_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 20.0.3 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:h:sophos:firewall:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Sophos

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Sophos Firewall (Sophos) Fixed in 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12728
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wj5c-255p-6pwh

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2025-06959 SQL injection in Sophos Firewall CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-06088 OS command injection in Sophos Firewall CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-11800 SQL injection in Sophos Firewall CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-12980 A business logic vulnerability in the Up2Date component of Sophos Firewall older than… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2025-06724 OS command injection in Sophos Firewall CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-12979 SQL injection in Sophos Firewall CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
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Sources

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