CVE-2026-86136

Severity CVSS v4.0:

HIGH

Type:

CWE-22 Path Traversal

Publication date:

30/09/2026

Last modified:

06/10/2026

Description

A missing authorization vulnerability in the wgagent management daemon&#39;s session initialization function allows an authenticated, low-privileged user (including a read-only or guest administrator account) to crash the wgagent process and read arbitrary files accessible to the daemon by submitting a specially crafted management API request.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): Low
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): High
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None

Base Score 4.0

7.10

Severity 4.0

HIGH

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.10 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.10

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware::::::::	12.0 (including)	12.5.21 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware::::::::	12.12 (including)	12.12.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware::::::::	2025.0 (including)	2026.2.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware::::::::	2026.3 (including)	2026.3.2 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-86136