CVE-2022-3226 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An OS command injection vulnerability allows admins to execute code via SSL VPN configuration uploads in Sophos Firewall releases older than version 19.5 GA.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00191.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Sophos	Xg Firewall Xg Firewall Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42637	An OS command injection vulnerability allows admins to execute code via SSL VPN configuration uploads in Sophos Firewall releases older than version 19.5 GA.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20221201-sfos-19-5-0

History

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Sophos

Published: 2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-24T20:13:16.366Z

Reserved: 2022-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3226

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:00:10.556Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-01T18:15:10.287

Modified: 2025-04-24T20:15:24.150

Link: CVE-2022-3226

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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