CVE-2023-0669

Fortra GoAnywhere MFT License Response Servlet Command Injection

  • High 7.2
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 10 Feb 2023
  • Used in ransomware campaigns
  • A public exploit reference is listed

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.

Key facts

Published
6 Feb 2023
Last changed
6 Aug 2026
Assigned by
rapid7
KEV added
10 Feb 2023
KEV fix due
3 Mar 2023
Used in ransomware
Yes, according to CISA
EPSS
99.999% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.996% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 7.2CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

  • Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
FortraGoanywhere MFT
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 0 up to and including 7.1.1 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 6 Feb 2023 Published
  2. 10 Feb 2023 CVE-2023-0669 added to CISA KEV
  3. 10 Feb 2023 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References