CVE-2026-78617 (GCVE-0-2026-78617)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-27 23:26
Modified
2026-08-28 15:56
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Summary
WatchGuard Dimension's web login endpoint does not enforce effective rate-limiting or account lockout by default allowing a remote attacker to perform automated password guessing against user accounts. If the account lockout setting is enabled, brute-force attempts are blocked after a defined number of failed attempts, but this setting is not enabled by default.
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| WatchGuard | Dimension |
Version: 2.0 ≤ |
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