CVE-2024-12728
Critical
Published: 19 December 2024
Published
19 December 2024
Modified
12 November 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0039
60.6th percentile
Risk Priority
20
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2024-12728 is a critical-severity Use of Weak Credentials (CWE-1391) vulnerability in Sophos Firewall Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 39.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-51076
Vulnerability details
A weak credentials vulnerability potentially allows privileged system access via SSH to Sophos Firewall older than version 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3).
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
sophos
firewall firmware
≤ 20.0.3
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.