How severe is CVE-2022-3236?

CVE-2022-3236 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 98.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2022-3236: Sophos Firewall Code Injection

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Sophos Firewall Code Injection Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-09-23

Remediation due

2022-10-14

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220923-sfos-rce; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3236

Description

A code injection vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin allows a remote attacker to execute code in Sophos Firewall version v19.0 MR1 and older.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CNA9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 3.1 · CISA9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Sophos	Sophos Firewall	unspecified to 18.5 MR4 unspecified to 19.0 MR1

References

1 Links

Other references

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220923-sfos-rce

Record Details

Published

2022-09-23

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

Sophos

Credited to

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