Business Logic Errors in Sophos Firewall - CVE-2024-13974
Published: July 22, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113099
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-13974
CWE-ID: CWE-840
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 a business logic error in the Up2Date component. A remote attacker controlling the firewall’s DNS environment can execute arbitrary code on the system.
Affected software
Sophos Firewall
How to mitigate CVE-2024-13974
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sophos Firewall - update to 21.0 MR1