CVE-2026-57910 (GCVE-0-2026-57910)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-25 11:47
Modified
2026-08-25 12:53
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
CWE
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.
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Vendor Product Version
WatchGuard WatchGuard Agent Version: 0   ≤
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