Confd log files contain local users', including root’s, SHA512crypt password hashes with insecure access permissions.

published 2022-03-21 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-15746

cvss: 3.3; 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 9%
public exploits: 0; none known

Confd log files contain local users', including root’s, SHA512crypt password hashes with insecure access permissions. This allows a local attacker to attempt off-line brute-force attacks against these password hashes in Sophos UTM before version 9.710.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Sophos Sophos UTM 9.710

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Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	3.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Sophos Sophos UTM

Classification

Weakness

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

sophos.com /en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220321-utm-9710
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-0652
NVD CVE-2022-0652

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