Security News > 2022 > September > Hackers Exploited Zero-Day RCE Vulnerability in Sophos Firewall — Patch Released

Security software company Sophos has warned of cyberattacks targeting a recently addressed critical vulnerability in its firewall product.

The issue, tracked as CVE-2022-3236, impacts Sophos Firewall v19.0 MR1 and older and concerns a code injection vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin components that could result in remote code execution.

The company said it "Has observed this vulnerability being used to target a small set of specific organizations, primarily in the South Asia region," adding it directly notified these entities.

As a workaround, Sophos is recommending that users take steps to ensure that the User Portal and Webadmin are not exposed to WAN. Alternatively, users can update to the latest supported version -.

The development marks the second time a Sophos Firewall vulnerability has come under active attacks within a year.

Sophos firewall appliances have also previously come under attack to deploy what's called the Asnarök trojan in an attempt to siphon sensitive information.

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