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.
Published: 2026-07-02
Score: 7.3 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Vendor Solution

Mobile VPN with SSL Client 2026.2.1

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History

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Watchguard mobile Vpn With Ssl Client
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:fireware_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:12.0
cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:fireware_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:2025.1
cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:mobile_vpn_with_ssl_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Watchguard mobile Vpn With Ssl Client
References

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL Windows Client Local Privilege Escalation
First Time appeared Watchguard
Watchguard fireware Os
Weaknesses CWE-732
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:fireware_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:12.0
cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:fireware_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:2025.1
Vendors & Products Watchguard
Watchguard fireware Os
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WatchGuard

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-10T19:13:50.664Z

Reserved: 2026-06-23T18:02:48.522Z

Link: CVE-2026-13079

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-06T15:46:12.680Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-07-03T00:16:50.630

Modified: 2026-08-10T20:17:25.973

Link: CVE-2026-13079

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-01T21:00:08Z

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