Sophos vulnerabilities7 known to be exploited.

Vendor7 known exploited
The short answer

Sophos has 162 published vulnerabilities across 74 products in our catalogue. 7 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, so criminals are using them now. The most affected product is Sophos Anti-Virus, with 36. If you run Sophos software, patch the exploited flaws first.

See the exploited flaws

The most recent Sophos flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-29574, on 6 February 2025. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Products

Which Sophos products have the most vulnerabilities?

Sophos Anti-Virus leads with 36 published vulnerabilities. Open a product to see its versions and which of its flaws criminals are already using.

Known exploited

Which Sophos vulnerabilities are being exploited?

7 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 9.8
    CVE-2020-29574CriticalKnown exploited
    CyberoamOS (CROS) SQL Injection Vulnerability

    CyberoamOS (CROS) contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the WebAdmin that allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statements remotely.

    Chance of use4.7%Known exploited since6 Feb 2025
  2. 9.8
    CVE-2020-15069CriticalKnown exploited
    Sophos XG Firewall Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

    Sophos XG Firewall contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows for remote code execution via the "HTTP/S bookmark" feature.

    Chance of use11%Known exploited since6 Feb 2025
  3. 9.8
    CVE-2023-1671CriticalKnown exploited
    Sophos Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability

    Sophos Web Appliance contains a command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler that allows for remote code execution.

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since16 Nov 2023
  4. 9.8
    CVE-2022-3236CriticalKnown exploited
    Sophos Firewall Code Injection Vulnerability

    A code injection vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin of Sophos Firewall allows for remote code execution.

    Chance of use99%Known exploited since23 Sep 2022
  5. 9.8
    CVE-2022-1040CriticalKnown exploited
    Sophos Firewall Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

    An authentication bypass vulnerability in User Portal and Webadmin of Sophos Firewall allows for remote code execution.

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since31 Mar 2022
  6. 9.8
    CVE-2020-25223CriticalKnown exploited
    Sophos SG UTM Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the WebAdmin of Sophos SG UTM.

    Chance of use97%Known exploited since25 Mar 2022
  7. 9.8
    CVE-2020-12271CriticalKnown exploited
    Sophos SFOS SQL Injection Vulnerability

    Sophos Firewall operating system (SFOS) firmware contains a SQL injection vulnerability when configured with either the administration (HTTPS) service or the User Portal is exposed on the WAN zone.

    Chance of use42%Known exploited since3 Nov 2021
Exploit likelihood

Which Sophos flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. >99%
    CVE-2023-1671CriticalKnown exploited

    A pre-auth command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler of Sophos Web Appliance older than version 4.3.10.4 allows execution of arbitrary code.

    CVSS9.8Published4 Apr 2023
  2. >99%
    CVE-2022-1040CriticalKnown 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.

    CVSS9.8Published25 Mar 2022
  3. 99%
    CVE-2022-3236CriticalKnown exploited

    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.

    CVSS9.8Published23 Sep 2022
Every product

All Sophos products we track.

60 products, most vulnerabilities first. Find the ones you run, then open a product to see its versions and exploited flaws.

This directory lists the 60 Sophos products with at least one tracked version, of 74 in our catalogue.

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Our catalogue lists 162 published vulnerabilities across 74 products and 667 versions from Sophos. The most recent Sophos flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-29574, on 6 February 2025.

7 Sophos vulnerabilities are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2020-29574, CVE-2020-15069 and CVE-2023-1671. The full list is on this page.

Sophos Anti-Virus, with 36 published vulnerabilities. Its own page lists the ones known to be exploited.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track the Sophos products you run. We match them against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and tell you as soon as we spot one that affects you, by email, in the app or by webhook.