Known Exploited Vulnerability

CVE-2022-3236

Sophos Firewall Code Injection Vulnerability

Past federal due date 7 public exploits Added 23 Sept 2022 Due 14 Oct 2022 · 1393 days ago
VendorSophos
ProductFirewall
WeaknessCWE-94
RansomwareNone confirmed

What the flaw is

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

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

7 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

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Source: CISA KEV catalog · last verified August 6, 2026. Rebuilt automatically twice a day.