Vulnerability in Fortra Goanywhere Managed File Transfer (CVE-2025-8148)
Summary
Vulnerability in Fortra Goanywhere Managed File Transfer (CVE-2025-8148). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An Improper Access Control in the SFTP service in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT prior to version 7.9.0 allows Web Users with an Authentication Alias and a valid SSH key but limited to Password authentication for SFTP to still login using their SSH key.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-8148 has been found in Fortra Goanywhere Managed File Transfer.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.2/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Fortra Goanywhere Managed File Transfer CVE-2025-8148" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-8148 (Fortra Goanywhere Managed File Transfer) — CWE-732 / CVSS v3 4.2
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-732) exists in Fortra Goanywhere Managed File Transfer.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Fortra Goanywhere Managed File Transfer.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.2/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Fortra Goanywhere Managed File Transfer を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- patch fortra.com