OS Command Injection in Sophos Firewall - CVE-2022-3226
Published: December 12, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU70115
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3226
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in VPN configuration uploads. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Sophos Firewall
How to mitigate CVE-2022-3226
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sophos Firewall - update to 19.5.0