CVE-2025-8148 Improper Access Control in SFTP service of GoAnywhere MFT

published 2025-12-05 11 mo ago modified 2026-09-25 44 d ago also EUVD-2025-201495

cvss: 4.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Fortra GoAnywhere MFT 7.9.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 11 mo ago (2025-12-05)

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Fortra GoAnywhere MFT

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

fortra.com /security/advisories/product-security/fi-2025-013
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-8148
NVD CVE-2025-8148

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Summary