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WatchGuard Technologies Fireware OS: race condition

Critical9.2CVE-2026-13368 · Published Jul 3, 2026 · updated Aug 28, 2026

WatchGuard Fireware OS contains a race condition leading to a use-after-free vulnerability in LDAP authentication for the Mobile User VPN with IKEv2. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the iked process on Fireboxes that have a Mobile VPN with IKEv2 configured to use an external LDAP authentication server.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Fireware OS
Product
>= 2025.1, < 2026.2.12026.2.1
>= 12.0, < 12.11.912.11.9
>= 12.0, < 12.5.1912.5.19
Details and references
CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/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
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-416

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