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title: "CVE-2026-118633: Sophos UTM - Path Traversal"
description: "Sophos UTM contains a path traversal caused by a race condition in the email proxy with scanning enabled, letting remote unauthenticated attackers execute arbitrary code as root after sustained repeated attacks."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-118633/
---

# CVE-2026-118633 Sophos UTM - Path Traversal

Sophos UTM contains a path traversal caused by a race condition in the email proxy with scanning enabled, letting remote unauthenticated attackers execute arbitrary code as root after sustained repeated attacks.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118633)

## Details

Type

Path Traversal

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

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

Published

28 October 2026

Updated

29 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-35](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/35.html)

## Vendor fix

Manually install the available patch as Sophos UTM is end-of-life.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118633](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118633)
- [https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20261028-utm-rce](https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20261028-utm-rce)

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