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TI-2024-12980 Aliases CVE-2024-13974GHSA-84xf-f99r-6prw

A business logic vulnerability in the Up2Date component of Sophos Firewall older than…

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-807Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.09069 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Sophos Firewall (Sophos): 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1)

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
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 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1)21.0 MR1 (21.0.1)Patch availableCNA
  • Sophos Firewall VendorSophos Affected before 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) Fixed in 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:firewall_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 21.0.1VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:h:sophos:firewall:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onSophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:firewall_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 21.0.1 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:h:sophos:firewall:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Sophos

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Sophos Firewall (Sophos) Fixed in 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1)

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Sophos Firewall 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1)

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM

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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-13974
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-84xf-f99r-6prw
  3. 2026-10-23 EPSS moved to the 95th–99th percentile

References

Advisory 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-2024-11801 A weak credentials vulnerability potentially allows privileged system access via SSH to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • 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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