# CVE-2025-8148: CVE-2025-8148 Improper Access Control in SFTP service of GoAnywhere MFT

> Attackers with limited SFTP permissions can bypass authentication restrictions to log in using SSH keys, compromising access control in GoAnywhere MFT.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3f4c-2q4h-c97w

## What is CVE-2025-8148?

CVE-2025-8148 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, published on 5 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An Improper Access Control in the SFTP service in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT prior to version 7.9.0 allows Web Users with an Authentication Alias and a valid SSH key but limited to Password authentication for SFTP to still login using their SSH key.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8148?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fortra Goanywhere Managed File Transfer.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-8148?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8148 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8148 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8148 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT

- [CVE-2025-10035](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10035/): Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-0669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0669/): Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Remote Code Execution (high 7.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-0204](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0204/): Authentication Bypass in GoAnywhere MFT (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-14362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14362/): GoAnywhere MFT SFTP Service Login Vulnerable to Brute Force Attack Under Certain Circumstances (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2026-1089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1089/): User‑Controlled HTTP Header In Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT Allows Arbitrary DNS Lookups (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8148 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8148 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, published on 5 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8148 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-2025-8148/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8148/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8148
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8148
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8148

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8148/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.