Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-13079

WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL Client

WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL Windows Client Local Privilege Escalation

CVSS 4.0

7.3High

Official 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.

CVSS scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
7.3High	4.0	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (WatchGuard)	`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`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
WatchGuard	Mobile VPN with SSL Client	12.0 ≤ v < 2026.2.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-13079 vendor-advisory
https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2026-00027 vendor-advisory

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Details

Published: 2026-07-03
Last updated: 2026-08-27
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): WatchGuard

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.14%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

3.3%

Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable: No
Exploitation: None
Technical impact: Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732