CVE-2022-3236

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220923-sfos-rce	Vendor Advisory
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220923-sfos-rce	Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-3236	US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sophos:firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

27 Oct 2025, 17:00

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-3236 -~~	() https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-3236 - US Government Resource

22 Oct 2025, 00:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-3236 -

21 Oct 2025, 20:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~{'url': 'https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-3236', 'source': '134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0'}~~

21 Oct 2025, 19:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-3236 -

21 Nov 2024, 07:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220923-sfos-rce - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220923-sfos-rce - Vendor Advisory

08 Aug 2023, 14:21

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CWE	~~CWE-74~~	CWE-94

Information

Published : 2022-09-23 13:15

Updated : 2025-10-27 17:00

NVD link : CVE-2022-3236

Mitre link : CVE-2022-3236

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-3236

JSON object : View

Products Affected

sophos

firewall

CWE

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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