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CVE-2026-86101: Fireware OS Authorization Bypass in SAML Login Allows Unauthorized SSLVPN Access

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.23% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

An improper authorization vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS's SAML login process allows a remote, authenticated SAML user with access only to the Access Portal to obtain unauthorized Mobile VPN with SSL access through a specially crafted request.

HighCVSS 7.2 · v4.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Sep 30, 2026
Updated
Oct 8, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 14th percentile

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Action score

28

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · WatchGuard
7.2
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
watchguardfireware

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • watchguard fireware12.0 and later · before 12.5.21
  • watchguard fireware12.12 and later · before 12.12.3
  • watchguard fireware2025.0 and later · before 2026.2.3
  • watchguard fireware2026.3 and later · before 2026.3.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (WatchGuard). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • WatchGuard Fireware OS

    • 2026.3 and later · before 2026.3.2affected
    • 2025.0 and later · before 2026.2.3affected
    • 12.0 and later · before 12.12.3affected
    • 12.0 and later · before 12.5.21affected

Same product

watchguard: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-9242WatchGuard Firebox iked Out of Bounds Write VulnerabilityKEV
    95Now
  • CVE-2022-26318On WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances, an unauthenticated user can execute arbitrary code, aka FBX-22786.KEV
    92Now
  • CVE-2025-14733WatchGuard Firebox iked Out of Bounds Write VulnerabilityKEV
    76This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-18105Sep 30, 2026 · Fireware OS Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Diagnostic Tasks Allows Denial of Service
    28Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-18145Sep 30, 2026 · Fireware OS Stack-based Buffer Overflow in spamd Allows Remote Code Execution
    34Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-86104Sep 30, 2026 · Fireware OS Resource Exhaustion in Login Process Allows Denial of Service
    34Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-285 · Improper Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → none
  2. Exploit maturity— → none

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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