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WatchGuard Technologies Fireware OS: out-of-bounds write

High7.7CVE-2026-8247 · Published Jul 3, 2026 · updated Aug 28, 2026

An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow an unauthenticated attacker on the same local network segment to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Fireware OS 11.0 up to and including 11.12.4_Update1, 12.0 up to and including 12.12 and 2025.1 up to and including 2026.2.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Fireware OS
Product
>= 2025.1, < 2026.2.12026.2.1
>= 12.0, < 12.12.112.12.1
<= 11.0No fix yet
>= 12.0, < 12.11.912.11.9
>= 12.0, < 12.5.1912.5.19
Details and references
CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/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-120, CWE-787

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