CVE-2026-41288: high-severity vulnerability in WatchGuard Agent
WatchGuard Agent on Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.3epss 0.1%
Incorrect permission assignment for a resource in the patch management component of the WatchGuard Agent on Windows allows an authenticated local user to elevate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
WatchGuard · WatchGuard AgentRelated CVEs — WatchGuard Agent
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2026-57909CRITICALWatchGuard Agent path traversal allows unauthenticated remote code executionEPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-41286HIGHStack-based Buffer Overflow in WatchGuard Agent Discovery Service on Windows Causes Denial of Service - Variant BEPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-41287HIGHStack-based Buffer Overflow in WatchGuard Agent Discovery Service on Windows Causes Denial of Service - Variant AEPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-57910CRITICALWatchGuard Agent improper authentication allows unauthenticated remote code executionEPSS 0.2%CVE-2026-115253HIGHWatchGuard Agent Incorrect Permission Assignment in Log Directory Allows Local Log TamperingEPSS 0.1%CVE-2026-6788HIGHUncontrolled search path in PluginLauncher allows SYSTEM code execution in WatchGuard AgentEPSS 0.1%