CVE-2024-25156 Path traversal in GoAnywhere MFT 7.4.1 and Earlier
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-25156 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-25156 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, published on 14 Mar 2024.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25156 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25156/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25156/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-25156?
CVE-2024-25156 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, published on 14 Mar 2024.
Official description
A path traversal vulnerability exists in GoAnywhere MFT prior to 7.4.2 which allows attackers to circumvent endpoint-specific permission checks in the GoAnywhere Admin and Web Clients.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25156?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fortra Goanywhere Managed File Transfer.
How do I fix CVE-2024-25156?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25156 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-25156 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25156 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT
- CVE-2025-10035 Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2023-0669 Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2024-0204 Authentication Bypass in GoAnywhere MFT
- CVE-2025-14362 GoAnywhere MFT SFTP Service Login Vulnerable to Brute Force Attack Under Certain Circumstances
- CVE-2026-1089 User‑Controlled HTTP Header In Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT Allows Arbitrary DNS Lookups
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3xgg-p2vx-fw2j.