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CVE-2026-57910 (GCVE-0-2026-57910)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-25 11:47 – Updated: 2026-08-25 12:53

Title

WatchGuard Agent improper authentication allows unauthenticated remote code execution

Summary

Improper authentication in the WatchGuard Agent allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to cause the agent to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-25 12:53 UTC

CWE

Assigner

WatchGuard mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-57910	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
WatchGuard	WatchGuard Agent	Affected: 0 , < 1.25.13.0000 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:watchguard_agent::::::::

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FKIE_CVE-2026-57910

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-25 12:16 - Updated: 2026-08-25 13:19

Severity

9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Summary

Improper authentication in the WatchGuard Agent allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to cause the agent to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

References

	URL	Tags
	5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3	https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-57910

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-6C89-2V98-5QJ2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-25 12:31 – Updated: 2026-08-25 12:31

Details

Improper authentication in the WatchGuard Agent allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to cause the agent to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-57910 (GCVE-0-2026-57910)

FKIE_CVE-2026-57910

GHSA-6C89-2V98-5QJ2

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