Sophos Firewall up to 20.0 MR2 SSH weak credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophos Firewall up to 20.0 MR2. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SSH. The manipulation leads to weak credentials. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-12728. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Sophos Firewall up to 20.0 MR2. This issue affects an unknown function of the component SSH. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a weak credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1391. The product uses weak credentials (such as a default key or hard-coded password) that can be calculated, derived, reused, or guessed by an attacker. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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

The advisory is shared at sophos.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-12728 since 12/17/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/12/2025).

Applying the patch 20.0 MR3 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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CNA Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Weak credentials
CWE: CWE-1391
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 20.0 MR3

Timelineinfo

12/17/2024 🔍
12/19/2024 +2 days 🔍
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11/12/2025 +328 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: sophos.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-12728 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-12728
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-289037

Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2024 23:00
Updated: 11/12/2025 20:35
Changes: 12/19/2024 23:00 (64), 11/12/2025 20:35 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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