CVE-2024-12728

CVSS 3.1 Score 9.8 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Dec 19, 2024

CWE ID 1391

Summary

CVE-2024-12728 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting Sophos Firewalls. This weakness allows unauthorized access with privileged system privileges by exploiting weak SSH credentials. System intruders could exploit this vulnerability in Sophos Firewalls before version 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3), potentially gaining full control of the affected device. This issue highlights the importance of implementing strong password policies and keeping software up to date to mitigate such risks.

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Sophos Firewall

Affected Vendors

Sophos

Advisories, Assessments, and Mitigations

https://app.recordedfuture.com/live/sc/entity/1scJ-R
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12728
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12728

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