How severe is CVE-2023-0669?

CVE-2023-0669 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.2 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 100.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2023-0669: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT License Response Servlet Command

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2023-02-10

Remediation due

2023-03-03

Ransomware

Known use

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
This CVE has a CISA AA located here: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-158a. Please see the AA for associated IOCs. Additional information is available at: https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/DownloadProductFiles.xhtml. Fortra users must have an account in order to login and access the patch.; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0669

Description

Fortra (formerly, HelpSystems) GoAnywhere MFT suffers from a pre-authentication command injection vulnerability in the License Response Servlet due to deserializing an arbitrary attacker-controlled object. This issue was patched in version 7.1.2.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.2 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Fortra	Goanywhere MFT	0 to 7.1.1

References

8 Links

Vendor advisories

https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/ViewSecurityAdvisories.xhtml#zerodayfeb1

Exploits & PoCs

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/17607

Third-party advisories

Other references

Record Details

Published

2023-02-06

Last updated

2026-08-06

Assigner (CNA)

rapid7

Credited to

Brian Krebs of Krebs on Security; Ron Bowes of Rapid7; Caitlin Condon of Rapid7; Fryco of Frycos Security

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