Use of Weak Credentials in Sophos Firewall - CVE-2024-12728
Published: December 20, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101873
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12728
CWE-ID: CWE-1391
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to the suggested and non-random SSH login passphrase for High Availability (HA)
cluster initialization remained active after the HA establishment
process completed. A remote attacker can use this passphrase to connect to devices using SSH and compromise the affected system.
Affected software
Sophos Firewall
How to mitigate CVE-2024-12728
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sophos Firewall - addressed in versions 20.0.3, 21.0.1