High 7.3Published Jul 2, 2026

CVE-2026-13079WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL Windows Client Local Privilege Escalation

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 8:40 PM ET)

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Every CVE for WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL Client

Exploited in the last 30 days

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: 7.3 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)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
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: WatchGuard
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Aug 27, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL Client watchguard:mobile_vpn_with_ssl_client (from the name)	from 12.0 before 2026.2.1	CNA record
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

References

https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-13079	vendor-advisory
https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2026-00027	vendor-advisory

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