An Improper Access Control in the SFTP service in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT prior to version 7.9.0 allows Web Users with an Authentication Alias and a valid SSH key but limited to Password authentication for SFTP to still login using their SSH key.
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Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to remediated version.


Workaround

Remove any SSH Keys assigned to Web Users that are configured for Password-only authentication to the SFTP service.

History

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:15:00 +0000


Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +0000

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Description An Improper Access Control in the SFTP service in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT prior to version 7.9.0 allows Web Users with an Authentication Alias and a valid SSH key but limited to Password authentication for SFTP to still login using their SSH key.
Title CVE-2025-8148 Improper Access Control in SFTP service of GoAnywhere MFT
Weaknesses CWE-732
CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Fortra

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-05T21:48:44.070Z

Reserved: 2025-07-24T21:27:23.294Z

Link: CVE-2025-8148

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-05T21:15:54.907

Modified: 2025-12-05T21:15:54.907

Link: CVE-2025-8148

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Weaknesses