CVE-2026-13079 (GCVE-0-2026-13079)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-02 23:07
Modified
2026-08-27 20:21
CWE
Summary
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.
Impacted products
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