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CVE-2025-10035

CVE-2025-10035 — Deserialization Vulnerability in GoAnywhere MFT's License Servlet

A deserialization vulnerability in the License Servlet of Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT allows an actor with a validly forged license response signature to deserialize an arbitrary actor-controlled object, possibly leading to command injection.

Published Updated Sources: NVD, Fortra (CNA), CISA, FIRST EPSS, SOCRadar CTI

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.

Exploitation

Confirmed

CISA KEV, listed Sep 29, 2025

EPSS

100%

top of FIRST's scoreset

Affects

Fortra

GoAnywhere MFT

CVSS base

9.8

critical · 2 sources

CISA SSVC assessment

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

CISA

Exploitation

Active

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

Yes

can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

The vendor's own words where we have them.

Upgrade to a patched version (the latest release 7.8.4, or the Sustain Release 7.6.3)

CISA required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Federal deadline Oct 20, 2025 — passed 337 days ago

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record's own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found.

  • Identify exposed assets running affected vendor/product/version combinations.
  • Treat as emergency remediation because CISA KEV status is present.
  • Search available logs for exploit probes, errors, authentication anomalies, or suspicious child processes matching the vulnerability class.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and version as the advisories word them.

VendorProductVersionsStatus
FortraGoAnywhere MFT0 to <= 7.8.3Vulnerable

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Availability

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Scope

Unchanged

Attack Complexity

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Privileges Req

None

User Interaction

None

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactSource
10CVSS 3.1critical3.96CNA, Fortra (CNA)
9.8CVSS 3.1critical3.95.9NVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What this weakness leads to

MITRE's own consequences and mitigations for the weakness class — the authority's wording, not guidance derived from the CVSS vector.

MITRE

CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted Data

  • Modify Application Data
  • Unexpected State
  • DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
  • Varies by Context

Mitigation: If available, use the signing/sealing features of the programming language to assure that deserialized data has not been tainted. For example, a hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) could be used to ensure that data has not been modified.

CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

  • Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

Mitigation: If at all possible, use library calls rather than external processes to recreate the desired functionality.

Weakness & attack patterns

  • CWE-77Command Injection
  • CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.

CAPEC-40 · Manipulating Writeable Terminal DevicesCAPEC-75 · Manipulating Writeable Configuration FilesCAPEC-15 · Command DelimitersCAPEC-136 · LDAP InjectionCAPEC-248 · Command InjectionCAPEC-76 · Manipulating Web Input to File System CallsCAPEC-43 · Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation LayersCAPEC-183 · IMAP/SMTP Command Injection

CISA KEV details

CISA lists a CVE here once it has evidence of exploitation against real targets.

Listed

Sep 29, 2025

Federal deadline

Oct 20, 2025

passed 337 days ago

Ransomware use

Known

CISA records ransomware use only for campaigns it has confirmed, so “Unknown” means unrecorded, not ruled out. The deadline binds US federal agencies; for everyone else it is a date to argue against.

Public exploit

Capability, not use: code existing is a different claim from anyone running it.

Repositories

6

2 of the 5 sampled are weaponized

Exploit entries

2

Exploit-DB and CTI exploit indexes

Malware

Families a CTI source ties to this CVE. One named, with the total it tracks.

Families tracked

1

Named

Akira

akira, elf.akira, win.akira

Social mentions

Posts naming this CVE. Attention, not evidence of exploitation — it spikes on disclosure and decays whether or not anything is exploited.

SOCRadar35 more posts on this CVEShowing 5 of 40 · Who is discussing this CVE, and how loudlyUnlock free

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.

  • Prioritize edge telemetry for network-reachable GoAnywhere MFT.
  • Monitor for scanner or exploit-pattern traffic after 8 public PoC repositories were reported.
web/proxy/WAF logsapplication logsnetwork IDS/IPSEDR process telemetryhost service logs

Groups associated with this CVE

Groups reported in connection with this vulnerability. A reported association, not a confirmed observation of that group using it — and not scoped to any sector or campaign.

Bitwise SpiderBeijing GroupLurkSilence groupPat Bear
SOCRadar20 more threat groups on this CVEShowing 5 of 25 · Attribution, campaigns and the malware each one runsUnlock free
  • ip206.168.190.14348

    AlienVault Ransomware-Firehol · Sep 29, 2025

  • ip45.55.76.21018

    AlienVault Ransomware-Firehol · Sep 29, 2025

  • ip45.56.163.5818

    AlienVault Ransomware-Firehol · Sep 29, 2025

  • ip45.66.249.9348

    AlienVault Ransomware-Firehol · Sep 24, 2021

  • ip62.76.147.10636

    AbuseIPDB Hourly Update · Aug 6, 2025

SOCRadar5 more indicators on this CVEShowing 5 of 10 · Hashes, addresses and domains from a live threat exchangeUnlock free

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first — with the readings a source repeats on a schedule counted underneath rather than listed.

  1. 2026
  2. Added · CVSS 3.1 9.8 (AV:N)

    Aug 4, 2026 · NVD

  3. 2025
  4. Added to CISA KEV catalog

    Sep 29, 2025 · CISA

  5. Initial · CVE published

    Sep 18, 2025 · NVD

Source activity

Readings a source repeats on a schedule, counted rather than listed.

  • 16×SVRS was changedNov 18, 2025 – Aug 11, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
  • 11×TweetsJan 10, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
  • Github_Repos · Github repository created, sentinel-aidefense/CVE-2025-10035Jul 10, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
  • CVE modified by MITRE: CVSS metrics updated.Feb 26, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI

References

3 on the record

Coverage

19 stories from the feeds we poll

Elsewhere on this site

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • Only the 5 indicator(s) reported for this CVE are available; no packet-level or host-forensic artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.
Answered from this record1

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-10035 is Deserialization Vulnerability in GoAnywhere MFT's License Servlet, a critical vulnerability affecting GoAnywhere MFT from Fortra. The current evidence lists it in CISA KEV, and the exploit status is: Yes: CISA KEV signal present. Public exploit evidence is: 8 public PoC repositories reported; 2 marked weaponized in current dataset. The affected-version evidence is listed in the key facts and affected products tables. Defenders should first verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run those versions, then apply vendor patches or mitigations, restrict reachable attack surface, and preserve logs for detection review. CVSS 9.8 describes technical severity, while EPSS 100% helps estimate near-term exploit likelihood; neither replaces asset context. Unknown fields should remain explicit in tickets, and threat actor, IOC, victimology, or payload claims should not be added unless a cited source supports them. Monitor CISA KEV, vendor advisories, NVD changes, public PoC repositories, and internal telemetry for update triggers.