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CVE-2026-13079

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 40/100
Published: 2026-07-03 Modified: 2026-10-25 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: X
AT: Present
VC: High
VI: High
VA: High

Description

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
watchguard fireware 12.0.0 – 12.12.1
watchguard mobile_vpn_with_ssl < 2026.2.1

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

40 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.3 / 10.0 v4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.14%
Raw Score 0.001400
Percentile 3.3%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00140
2026-10-28
0.00140

Intelligence Sources

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