CVE-2025-6704 (GCVE-0-2025-6704)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-21 13:16
Modified
2025-07-21 15:07
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Summary
An arbitrary file writing vulnerability in the Secure PDF eXchange (SPX) feature of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR2 (21.0.2) can lead to pre-auth remote code execution, if a specific configuration of SPX is enabled in combination with the firewall running in High Availability (HA) mode.
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Sophos Sophos Firewall Version: 0   ≤
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