Threat database

Improper authentication in the WatchGuard Agent allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to cause the agent to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

CVE-2026-57909 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in WatchGuard Agent that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network to execute arbitrary code on the affected system. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-306 and has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 9.4, indicating high impact and exploitability. No patch or official remediation has been confirmed yet. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.

An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS's CLI could allow an authenticated privileged user to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted CLI command.

An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS networkd process could allow an authenticated privileged user to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted requests to the Management Web UI.

A path traversal vulnerability in the WatchGuard Fireware OS Management Web UI allows a privileged authenticated attacker to write arbitrary files on the Firebox's filesystem.

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows allows a local attacker to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on the machine where the client is installed. This issue affects the Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows up to and including 2026.2.

An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow an unauthenticated attacker on the same local network segment to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Fireware OS 11.0 up to and including 11.12.4_Update1, 12.0 up to and including 12.12 and 2025.1 up to and including 2026.2.

In exception circumstances, WatchGuard Fireware OS on a FireCluster may use a hard-coded encryption key to encrypt saved credentials for Access Portal resources. This vulnerability does not affect devices that do not support the Access Portal feature or standalone Fireboxes not deployed in a FireCluster.

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to create a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by sending specially crafted IKEv2 messages. This vulnerability affects both the Mobile User VPN with IKEv2 and the Branch Office VPN using IKEv2 when configured with a dynamic gateway peer. This vulnerability affects Fireware OS 11.10.2 up to and including 11.12.4_Update1, 12.0 up to and including 12.12 and 2025.1 up to and including 2026.2

WatchGuard Fireware OS contains a race condition leading to a use-after-free vulnerability in LDAP authentication for the Mobile User VPN with IKEv2. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the iked process on Fireboxes that have a Mobile VPN with IKEv2 configured to use an external LDAP authentication server.

WatchGuard Fireware OS contains a firmware validation bypass when processing a backup image via the backup/restore feature. An authenticated administrator can exploit this vulnerability to install a tampered firmware image.

An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS wgagent process could allow an authenticated privileged user to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted requests to the Management Web UI.

An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS ikestubd process could allow an authenticated privileged user to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted requests to the Management Web UI.

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS SIP Proxy module allows Stored XSS. This vulnerability is an additional unmitigated attack path for CVE-2025-6947.

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS spamBlocker module allows Stored XSS. This vulnerability is an additional unmitigated attack path for CVE-2025-1071. This issue affects Fireware OS 12.0 up to and including 12.12, 12.5 up to and including 12.5.18, and 2025.1 up to and including 2026.2.