Sophos Firewall Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2022-1040 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2022-03-25 12:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-08-08 14:21:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
EPSS: 0.944390000 probability, percentile 0.999890000 (date 2026-04-22)
CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-03-31; due 2022-04-21; ransomware use Unknown
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
| Vendor | Sophos |
|---|---|
| Product | Firewall |
| Name | Sophos Firewall Authentication Bypass Vulnerability |
| Required Action | Apply updates per vendor instructions. |
| Notes | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1040 |
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sophos XG115w Firewall 17.0.10 MR-10 - Authentication Bypass - Hardware webapps Exploit | MISC | www.exploit-db.com | |
| www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220325-sfos-rce | CONFIRM | www.sophos.com | |
| Sophos XG115w Firewall 17.0.10 MR-10 Authentication Bypass ≈ Packet Storm | MISC | packetstormsecurity.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
| CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog | CISA | www.cisa.gov | kev |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 730411 Sophos Firewall Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability (sophos-sa-20220325-sfos-rce)