CVE-2026-13079A 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 th…
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-732
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
watchguard mobile_vpn_with_ssl watchguard:mobile_vpn_with_ssl | before 2026.2.1 | NVD |
watchguard fireware watchguard:fireware | from 12.0.0 before 12.12.1; from 2025.1 before 2026.2.1; from 12.5 through 12.5.18 | NVD |
References
- https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-13079
- https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2026-00027vendor-advisory
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