OpenCVE

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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Watchguard	Fireware Os

No data.

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2026-00027

History

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		https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2026-00027
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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WatchGuard

Published: 2026-07-02T23:07:30.489Z

Updated: 2026-07-07T03:56:26.251Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-13079

Vulnrichment

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

NVD

No data.

Redhat

No data.

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