# CVE-2025-7624: SQL injection in Sophos Firewall

> Remote attackers can achieve code execution via SQL injection in the SMTP proxy if specific upgrade and policy conditions are met.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 21 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rjpf-qp74-8rgx

## What is CVE-2025-7624?

CVE-2025-7624 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Sophos Firewall, published on 21 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An SQL injection vulnerability in the legacy (transparent) SMTP proxy of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR2 (21.0.2) can lead to remote code execution, if a quarantining policy is active for Email and SFOS was upgraded from a version older than 21.0 GA.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7624?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sophos Firewall Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-7624?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7624 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-7624 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7624 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sophos Firewall

- [CVE-2025-6704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6704/): Command injection in Sophos Firewall (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-12727](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12727/): SQL injection in Sophos Firewall (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-12728](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12728/): Hardcoded credentials in Sophos Firewall (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-7382](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7382/): Command injection in Sophos Firewall (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-12729](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12729/): Code injection in Sophos Firewall (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-7624 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-7624 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Sophos Firewall, published on 21 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7624 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sophos Firewall. 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-2025-7624/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7624/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7624
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7624
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-7624

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7624/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.