CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-13079
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-07-03
- Last modified
- 2026-10-25
- Assigner
- 5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3
- CVSS 4.0 (5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3)
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• watchguard mobile vpn with ssl (< 2026.2.1)
• watchguard fireware (>= 12.0.0 < 12.12.1)
• watchguard fireware (>= 2025.1 < 2026.2.1)
• watchguard fireware (>= 12.5 <= 12.5.18)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness
References
- https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-13079 psirt.watchguard.com
- https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2026-00027 Vendor Advisory