WatchGuard Agent path traversal allows unauthenticated remote code execution
Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-306Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass, Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306 and CWE-94.
Summary
A path traversal vulnerability in WatchGuard Agent allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network to execute arbitrary code on an affected system.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00407 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed WatchGuard Agent (WatchGuard): 1.25.13.0000
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WatchGuard | WatchGuard Agent | before 1.25.13.0000 | 1.25.13.0000 | Patch available | CNA |
- WatchGuard Agent VendorWatchGuard Affected before 1.25.13.0000 Fixed in 1.25.13.0000 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | WatchGuard |
- cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·WatchGuard
Remediation
- Fix · CNA WatchGuard Agent (WatchGuard) Fixed in 1.25.13.0000
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
WatchGuard Agent 1.25.13.0000
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-41690 WatchGuard Agent improper authentication allows unauthenticated remote code executionPriority MEDIUM 48
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-57909
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6fjc-c8m9-93pm
References
More WatchGuard vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-09698 On WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances, an unauthenticated user can execute arbitrary… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-13451 WatchGuard Firebox iked Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2025-08474 WatchGuard Firebox iked Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2022-07330 WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow a remote attacker with unprivileged… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-19293 A DLL hijacking vulnerability in Panda Security VPN for Windows prior to version v15.14.8… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2015-04587 Watchguard XCS 9.2 and 10.0 before build 150522 allow remote authenticated users to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-57909 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-57909 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6fjc-c8m9-93pm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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