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Sophos Sophos Firewall
Our sources currently list 17 known vulnerabilities affecting Sophos Sophos Firewall. 5 are rated critical severity. 3 of 17 are actively exploited according to CISA, the most recent added 6 February 2025.
Last updated: 22 July 2026, 20:35 AEST
No current ASD advisory names this product.That describes the Australian Signals Directorate’s publication record — it is not a statement that this product is free of vulnerabilities. See the list below.
| CVE | Severity | Exploitation | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-1040 | Critical (9.8) | Actively exploited | An authentication bypass vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin allows a remote attacker to execute code in Sophos Firewall version v18.5 MR3 and older. | |
| CVE-2020-12271 | Critical (9.8) | Actively exploited · ransomware | A SQL injection issue was found in SFOS 17.0, 17.1, 17.5, and 18.0 before 2020-04-25 on Sophos XG Firewall devices, as exploited in the wild in April 2020. This affected devices co… | |
| CVE-2020-15069 | Critical (9.8) | Actively exploited | Sophos XG Firewall 17.x through v17.5 MR12 allows a Buffer Overflow and remote code execution via the HTTP/S Bookmarks feature for clientless access. Hotfix HF062020.1 was publishe… | |
| CVE-2018-16117 | High (8.8) | Elevated likelihood (44%) | A shell escape vulnerability in /webconsole/Controller in Admin Portal of Sophos XG firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via s… | |
| CVE-2020-17352 | High (8.8) | No exploitation reported | Two OS command injection vulnerabilities in the User Portal of Sophos XG Firewall through 2020-08-05 potentially allow an authenticated attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code. | |
| CVE-2018-16118 | High (8.1) | No exploitation reported | A shell escape vulnerability in /webconsole/APIController in the API Configuration component of Sophos XG firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS comma… | |
| CVE-2017-18014 | Medium (6.1) | No exploitation reported | An NC-25986 issue was discovered in the Logging subsystem of Sophos XG Firewall with SFOS before 17.0.3 MR3. An unauthenticated user can trigger a persistent XSS vulnerability foun… | |
| CVE-2020-15504 | Critical (9.8) | No exploitation reported | A SQL injection vulnerability in the user and admin web interfaces of Sophos XG Firewall v18.0 MR1 and older potentially allows an attacker to run arbitrary code remotely. The fix … | |
| CVE-2018-16116 | High (8.8) | No exploitation reported | SQL injection vulnerability in AccountStatus.jsp in Admin Portal of Sophos XG firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the "u… | |
| CVE-2022-3226 | High (7.2) | No exploitation reported | An OS command injection vulnerability allows admins to execute code via SSL VPN configuration uploads in Sophos Firewall releases older than version 19.5 GA. | |
| CVE-2022-0331 | Medium (5.3) | No exploitation reported | An information disclosure vulnerability in Webadmin allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to read the device serial number in Sophos Firewall version v18.5 MR2 and older. | |
| CVE-2020-11503 | Critical (9.8) | No exploitation reported | A heap-based buffer overflow in the awarrensmtp component of Sophos XG Firewall v17.5 MR11 and older potentially allows an attacker to run arbitrary code remotely. | |
| CVE-2022-3696 | High (7.2) | No exploitation reported | A post-auth code injection vulnerability allows admins to execute code in Webadmin of Sophos Firewall releases older than version 19.5 GA. | |
| CVE-2022-3709 | Medium (6.8) | No exploitation reported | A stored XSS vulnerability allows admin to super-admin privilege escalation in the Webadmin import group wizard of Sophos Firewall releases older than version 19.5 GA. | |
| CVE-2022-3711 | Medium (4.3) | No exploitation reported | A post-auth read-only SQL injection vulnerability allows users to read non-sensitive configuration database contents in the User Portal of Sophos Firewall releases older than versi… | |
| CVE-2022-3710 | Low (2.7) | No exploitation reported | A post-auth read-only SQL injection vulnerability allows API clients to read non-sensitive configuration database contents in the API controller of Sophos Firewall releases older t… | |
| CVE-2022-3713 | High (8.8) | No exploitation reported | A code injection vulnerability allows adjacent attackers to execute code in the Wifi controller of Sophos Firewall releases older than version 19.5 GA. |
Vulnerability data from the NVD andCISA KEV(US Government, public domain); Australian advisories fromASD’s ACSC (CC BY 4.0). Exploit-probability scores from FIRST EPSS.
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