CVE-2025-8148
MediumCVSS 4.2Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs
Summary
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.
Risk Assessment
The risk involves the possibility of unauthorized access to the system by users who should not be able to log in using an SSH key, which could compromise file transfer security.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update GoAnywhere MFT to version 7.9.0 or later to eliminate this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in GoAnywhere MFT
See all- CVE-2025-10035CriticalActively exploited
A deserialization vulnerability in the License Servlet of Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT allows an actor with a validly forged license response signature to deserialize an arbitrary actor-controlled object, possibly leading to command injection.
- CVE-2023-0669HighActively exploited
Fortra 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.
- CVE-2026-15913High
A path traversal vulnerability in the /attachRemoteFiles endpoint of Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT before version 7.10.2 allows Web Users with Secure Folders and Secure Mail permissions to escape their sandboxed home directory and read arbitrary files.
- CVE-2025-1241Medium
In Fortra GoAnywhere MFT prior to version 7.10.0 and GoAnywhere Agents prior to version 2.2.0, encrypted values use a static IV, allowing admin users to brute-force decryption of data.
Original NVD description (English 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.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS