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CVE-2023-0669

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2023-02-10 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2023-02-06
  • Fixed in7.1.2
  • WeaknessCWE-502

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Description

Fortra (formerly, HelpSystems) GoAnywhere MFT suffers from a pre-authentication command injection vulnerability in the License Response Servlet due to deserializing an arbitrary attacker-controlled object. This issue was patched in version 7.1.2.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-02-0620:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2023-02-10Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  3. 2023-02-10Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2023-02-10Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  5. 2023-04-08Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  6. 2023-12-0905:05SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 03:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Fortra goanywhere managed file transfer
BranchAffectedFixed in
7.1< 7.1.27.1.2

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As rapid7, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Fortra Goanywhere MFTother versions: not affected
    Affected
    • ≤ 7.1.1no fix statedsemver

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-04-10

Fix

  1. Update Fortra goanywhere managed file transfer to 7.1.2
  2. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2023-03-03

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-51339
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
5 repositories, unverified0xf4n9x/CVE-2023-0669cataliniovita/CVE-2023-0669yosef0x01/CVE-2023-0669-AnalysisAvento/CVE-2023-0669zakaria-laouani/cve-2023-0669-simulation
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/multi/http/fortra_goanywhere_rce_cve_2023_0669rank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2023-02-10
Patch Due Date
2023-03-03
Ransomware Use
Known
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-02-06
Last Modified
2026-08-06
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0669?

Fortra (formerly, HelpSystems) GoAnywhere MFT suffers from a pre-authentication command injection vulnerability in the License Response Servlet due to deserializing an arbitrary attacker-controlled object. This issue was patched in version 7.1.2.

Is CVE-2023-0669 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2023-0669 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2023-03-03.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-0669?

CVE-2023-0669 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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