CVE-2023-0669

Published: Feb 6, 2023

Modified: Oct 21, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Fortra	Goanywhere MFT	affected `0 - <= 7.1.1`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-502

References

https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/ViewSecurityAdvisories.xhtml#zerodayfeb1

vendor-advisory

https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/109795710941843934

media-coverage

https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/02/03/exploitation-of-goanywhere-mft-zero-day-vulnerability/

third-party-advisory

https://attackerkb.com/topics/mg883Nbeva/cve-2023-0669/rapid7-analysis

third-party-advisory

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/17607

exploit

https://duo.com/decipher/fortra-patches-actively-exploited-zero-day-in-goanywhere-mft

media-coverage

https://frycos.github.io/vulns4free/2023/02/06/goanywhere-forgotten.html

third-party-advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171789/Goanywhere-Encryption-Helper-7.1.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html

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CVE-2023-0669

Description

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