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WatchGuard Technologies Fireware OS: resource exhaustion

High7.1CVE-2026-18105 · Published Sep 30, 2026

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Fireware OS's diagnostic tasks feature allows a low-privileged, authenticated user to cause a denial of service of the system's diagnostic tools by repeatedly starting and aborting a specially crafted diagnostic task through the web UI.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Fireware OS
Product
>= 2026.3, < 2026.3.22026.3.2
>= 2025.0, < 2026.2.32026.2.3
>= 12.0, < 12.12.312.12.3
>= 12.0, < 12.5.2112.5.21
Details and references
CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/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-400, CWE-770

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