Description
A vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow an attacker to bypass the Fireware OS filesystem integrity check and maintain limited persistence via a maliciously-crafted firmware update package.This issue affects Fireware OS 12.0 up to and including 12.11.7, 12.5.9 up to and including 12.5.16, and 2025.1 up to and including 2026.1.1.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- high
- User Action
- none
- Confidentiality
- undefined
- Integrity
- undefined
- Availability
- undefined
- Weaknesses
- CWE-440
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- WATCHGUARD
- Published
- 3/3/2026
- Last Modified
- 3/4/2026
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
watchguard : firewarewatchguard : firewarewatchguard : fireware
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