{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12728 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12728 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-12728 is a critical vulnerability in Sophos Firewall, published on 19 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12728 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-12728 is a critical vulnerability in Sophos Firewall, published on 19 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12728 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Sophos Firewall. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12728/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12728/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-12728","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12728/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-12728","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-wj5c-255p-6pwh"],"analysis":{"component_type":"network_device","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Sophos Firewall","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Weak credentials allow attackers to gain privileged SSH access to Sophos Firewall devices, enabling full system control.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"hardcoded_credentials"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Sophos","cpe":[{"product":"firewall_firmware","vendor":"sophos"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-1391","name":"Use of Weak Credentials"}],"description":"A weak credentials vulnerability potentially allows privileged system access via SSH to Sophos Firewall older than version 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3).","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in Sophos Firewall","id":"CVE-2024-12728","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"hardcoded_credentials","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Code injection in Sophos Firewall","id":"CVE-2024-12729"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"SQL injection in Sophos Firewall","id":"CVE-2024-12727"},"products":["Sophos Firewall"],"published":"2024-12-19","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Command injection in Sophos Firewall","id":"CVE-2025-6704","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-07-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SQL injection in Sophos Firewall","id":"CVE-2025-7624","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-07-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SQL injection in Sophos Firewall","id":"CVE-2024-12727","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-12-19"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Command injection in Sophos Firewall","id":"CVE-2025-7382","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-07-21"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Code injection in Sophos Firewall","id":"CVE-2024-12729","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-12-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Sophos Firewall","id":"CVE-2021-25268","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-05-05"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-12-21","vendors":["Sophos"]},"summary":"Weak credentials allow attackers to gain privileged SSH access to Sophos Firewall devices, enabling full system control.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12728/"}