CVE-2024-12728

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: December 19, 2024 Modified: November 12, 2025

Description

A weak credentials vulnerability potentially allows privileged system access via SSH to Sophos Firewall older than version 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3).

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0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

Source: security-alert@sophos.com

Patch Vendor Advisory

1 reference(s) from NVD

CVSS v3 Score

9.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.2%

38th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

CWE-1391

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