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CVE-2026-13043

8.8, high

WatchGuard Endpoint Security Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability

NVD (opens in a new tab) CVE.org (opens in a new tab)
CVSS
8.8, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
0.1% higher than 2.6% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
1 Oct 202616 days ago

Description

A missing authentication vulnerability in the Kernel Memory Access Driver (PSKMAD) used by WatchGuard endpoint security products allows a local, authenticated attacker to bypass the driver's access-control handshake and issue arbitrary privileged commands to the driver, resulting in disclosure of kernel and process memory.

Details

Vendor
WatchGuard
Product
Endpoint Security
Weakness
CWE-306 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
16 Oct 2026
Assigner
5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References 1

Patches and fixes 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other WatchGuard CVEs

Every WatchGuard CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2025-14733 WatchGuard Firebox Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability KEV EPSS 27% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2025-9242 WatchGuard Firebox Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability KEV EPSS 92% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2022-26318 WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Appliances Arbitrary Code Execution KEV EPSS 78% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2022-23176 WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability KEV EPSS 11% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-86131 WatchGuard Fireware OS Code Injection Vulnerability EPSS 0.4% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2026-13046 WatchGuard Fireware OS Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability EPSS 0.4% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2026-18145 WatchGuard Fireware OS Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability EPSS 0.4% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2026-86104 WatchGuard Fireware OS Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability EPSS 0.4% 7.5, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.