Sophos Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2023-1671)
Severity: critical · Patch status: unknown · Since 2023-11-16 · CVE-2023-1671
Sophos Web Appliance contains a command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler that allows for remote code execution. CISA added CVE-2023-1671 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Nov 16, 2023, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Dec 7, 2023 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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