Exploited. On CISA's list since 2023-02-10, and used by ransomware.

Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2023-0669 · Fortra GoAnywhere MFT · Published 2023-02-06

How bad would it be?

7.2 out of 10

CVSS rates it high.

How likely is it to be used?

over 99%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, among the top 1% of all scored flaws (EPSS, 2026-10-29).

Is it already being used?

Yes

CISA has seen it exploited in real attacks. For US government agencies the fix is deadline passed 1337 days ago (2023-03-03).

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Fortra (formerly, HelpSystems) GoAnywhere MFT contains a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in the License Response Servlet due to deserializing an attacker-controlled object.

nvd.nist.gov

What the flaw is

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.

From the NVD.

Fixes and advisories

github.comPatch
infosec.exchangeMitigation
www.rapid7.comMitigation
github.comPatch
infosec.exchangeMitigation
www.rapid7.comMitigation

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Insecure deserialization

Rebuilding objects from untrusted saved data can trigger unintended behaviour.

CWE-502 · CISA KEV; NVD record: cve@rapid7.com; NVD record: nvd@nist.gov

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