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CVE-2025-7624

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2025-07-21
  • Fixed in21.0.2
  • WeaknessCWE-89

Am I affected?

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-07-2114:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Sophos firewall firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
21.0< 21.0.221.0.2

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

  • Sophos Firewallother versions: not affected
    Affected
    • < 21.0 MR2 (21.0.2)fixed in 21.0 MR2 (21.0.2)semver

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2025-07-21

Fix

  1. Update Sophos firewall firmware to 21.0.2

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2025-07-21
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-rjpf-qp74-8rgx

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-7624?

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.

Is CVE-2025-7624 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-7624 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 10.5% on 2026-11-08, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-7624?

CVE-2025-7624 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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