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CVE-2023-0669 — Fortra Goanywhere MFT

CISA KEVRansomware
CVSS v3.1 7.2 (HIGH) · EPSS 99.9% (higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 10/10 · Published 2023-02-06

As of 2025-10-21, CVE-2023-0669 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Fortra Goanywhere MFT, CVSS v3.1 7.2, EPSS 99.9% (99.9th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-02-10), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2023-03-03, and CISA links it to known ransomware campaigns. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 2 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2023-0669, most recently “LockBit 5.0 Ransomware Extortion Claim Against US Bank (U.S. Bancorp)”.

Last updated: 2025-10-21

What is CVE-2023-0669?

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.

The record classifies CVE-2023-0669 under weakness class CWE-502. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs high-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 1314 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
7.2 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST)
99.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Listed since 2023-02-10, federal remediation deadline 2023-03-03 — used in known ransomware campaigns
Threadlinqs priority
10/10 — CISA lists it as used in ransomware, which Threadlinqs scores at the maximum
Published
2023-02-06, last modified 2025-10-21

Is CVE-2023-0669 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2023-0669 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-02-10, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2023-03-03 under BOD 22-01. CISA flags the vulnerability as one used in known ransomware campaigns. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2023-0669 is publicly available. 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier. A ProjectDiscovery Nuclei detection template exists (http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-0669.yaml). It currently carries a trending score of 45 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

Affected software packages:

How to fix CVE-2023-0669

The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2023-0669. Patch reference: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/17607. Because CVE-2023-0669 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2023-03-03. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2023-0669

2 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2023-0669, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories, ProjectDiscovery Nuclei. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

Vendor advisory and patch

Exploit and proof of concept

Third-party advisory

Other references

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