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CVE-2026-13079

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 …

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
WatchguardMobile Vpn With Ssl
before 2026.2.1
WatchguardFireware
from 12.0.0 before 12.12.1
from 2025.1 before 2026.2.1
from 12.5 through 12.5.18

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