Vulnerability in Sophos SG UTM

[ Description ]Official description

A path traversal vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code as root in Sophos UTM (all versions) after winning a race condition by sustaining repeated attacks for a few minutes when the email proxy is used with scanning enabled. Sophos UTM is end-of-life and the patch must be installed manually.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund28 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-4232

  Sophos Unified Threat Management (UTM) Software: Vulnerability allows arbitrary code execution with administrator rights Translated from German

  CVE-2026-118633

[ References ]References

• www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20261028-utm-rce