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CVE-2025-10035: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Deserialization of Untrusted

Critical CVSS 10 CISA KEV

Remediation summary

Recommended action
Upgrade to GoAnywhere MFT 7.8.4 or, for the supported Sustain Release line, 7.6.3.
Affected evidence
1 source affected-product statement
Priority
Known exploited (CISA KEV); Critical severity; CVSS 10
Evidence checked

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What is CVE-2025-10035?

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.

CVE
CVE-2025-10035
Source title
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
Severity
Critical
CVSS
10 (3.1)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE published
2025-09-18
Source updated
2026-08-04T05:16:33Z
Catalog checked
2026-08-24T07:01:48Z
CISA KEV
Known exploited
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-77, CWE-502
CNA / source
df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ff
Record status
Analyzed
Catalog quality
metadata-backed

Known exploitation and required action

CISA lists CVE-2025-10035 in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Treat this as direct exploitation evidence when prioritizing the change.

CISA entry
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
Vendor / project
Fortra
Product
GoAnywhere MFT
Date added
2025-09-29
CISA due date
2025-10-20
Known ransomware use
Known

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.

The recorded CISA due date is a remediation deadline for covered U.S. federal agencies; other organizations can use it as an urgency signal.

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Affected products and version ranges

  • Fortra / GoAnywhere MFT
    • Affected: versions 0 through 7.8.3 inclusive (semver).
    • Platforms: Linux, Windows, MacOS.
    • Affected-status source: df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ff.

AI-assisted evidence synthesis

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Business risk

Critical remote compromise risk. Exploitation can cause command injection and may affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE-2025-10035 is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, so remediation should be prioritized.

Source-specific exposure conditions

  • The vulnerable component is GoAnywhere MFT's License Servlet.
  • Exposure is materially increased when the GoAnywhere Admin Console is publicly reachable from the internet.
  • The vulnerability involves deserialization of an actor-controlled object when a validly forged license-response signature is processed.
  • NVD identifies affected ranges as versions earlier than 7.6.3, and versions from 7.7.0 through 7.8.3.

Source-specific remediation

  • Immediately restrict GoAnywhere MFT Admin Console access so it is not publicly exposed to the internet.
  • Upgrade to GoAnywhere MFT 7.8.4 or, for the supported Sustain Release line, 7.6.3.
  • Treat the vulnerability as an emergency-priority remediation because CISA reports known exploitation and specifies remediation or discontinuation where mitigation is unavailable.
  • Review Fortra's incident and security guidance, and monitor Admin Audit logs and application logs for indicators associated with suspicious activity.

Source-specific verification

  • Confirm the deployed GoAnywhere MFT version is 7.8.4 or later, or 7.6.3 for the Sustain Release line; do not infer compliance from an unrelated component version.
  • Confirm through an approved configuration or network review that the GoAnywhere Admin Console is not publicly reachable. This is an inert exposure check; do not conduct unauthorized probing.
  • Review Admin Audit logs and application logs for errors containing the string SignedObject.getObject; Fortra states that this indicator may show the instance was affected.
  • If the indicator is present, preserve relevant logs and follow the organization's incident-response process and Fortra's investigation guidance.

Uncertainty and evidence gaps

  • The supplied record's generic affected version entry does not express the split version ranges shown by NVD; use the NVD ranges and Fortra's fixed-version guidance for version assessment.
  • The returned sources do not establish whether a particular deployment was exploited; log indicators and incident-response review are required for that determination.
  • The returned sources do not provide deployment-specific instructions for every hosting model or supported-version lifecycle scenario.

Claim-to-source evidence

  • Affected Product: CVE-2025-10035 affects Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, specifically its License Servlet. Evidence
  • Affected Version: NVD lists versions earlier than 7.6.3 and versions from 7.7.0 through 7.8.3 as affected. Evidence
  • Exposure: Fortra states that exploitation is highly dependent on the GoAnywhere Admin Console being externally exposed to the internet. Evidence
  • Remediation: Fortra recommends upgrading to 7.8.4 or the Sustain Release 7.6.3 and ensuring the Admin Console is not publicly accessible. Evidence
  • Fixed Version: The vendor identifies GoAnywhere MFT 7.8.4 and Sustain Release 7.6.3 as patched versions. Evidence
  • Verification: Fortra advises reviewing Admin Audit logs and application errors containing SignedObject.getObject as an indicator that the instance was likely affected. Evidence
  • Remediation: CISA's KEV guidance requires applying vendor mitigations, following applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinuing use if mitigations are unavailable. Evidence

Synthesis sources

Generation provenance

Model
gpt-5.6-luna
Generated
2026-08-04T12:18:41Z
Prompt version
2026-07-14.2
Specificity
specific
Source fingerprint
3c6a04409f2826006ca28a2ec898c83289b3dacd84a98f667856033e5a000e12

Recorded gaps

  • generic_ecosystem

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Matched pattern: Command, code, expression, and template injection

How to check exposure for CVE-2025-10035

  • Trace untrusted values to process execution, interpreters, evaluators, template engines, dynamic imports, and administrative scripting features.
  • Determine whether the affected path is reachable across each trust boundary and which service account or host privilege it inherits.

Temporary containment

  • Disable the affected execution or templating feature, or restrict it to authenticated administrative networks and identities.

How to remediate CVE-2025-10035

  • Replace string-built commands or evaluated code with fixed operations and structured argument APIs that do not invoke a shell.
  • Use strict allowlists for operation identifiers and reject unexpected input before it reaches any interpreter.

How to verify the remediation

  • Confirm untrusted input is handled only as data and cannot select an executable, expression, template, or argument boundary.
  • Run static data-flow checks and focused tests with harmless sentinel strings; verify no child process or evaluator is invoked.

Rollback

  • Restore the pre-change execution, template, dependency, configuration, sandbox, and test files from the captured workspace state.

Stop and triage conditions

  • Stop if a proposed fix still concatenates untrusted data into an execution or evaluation string.
  • Switch to incident response if unexpected commands, processes, files, or outbound connections are observed.

Required output

Return a reviewer-ready minimal patch with exposure evidence, authoritative fixed-version evidence, regression tests, deployed-artifact verification, rollback notes, and source links; otherwise return TRIAGE.md with the blocking decision and owner.

Safety boundary

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References and evidence

Cite this CVE record

Security Recipes. “CVE-2025-10035: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Deserialization of Untrusted” Last updated . Canonical URL: https://security-recipes.ai/cve/CVE-2025-10035/.

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