CVE-2026-90441

A missing authorization vulnerability in the wgagent management daemon's session initialization function allows an authenticated, low-privileged user (including a read-only or guest administrator account) to crash the wgagent process and read arbitrary files accessible to the daemon by submitting a specially crafted management API request.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-90441	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware::::::::

History

06 Oct 2026, 20:02

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-90441 -~~	() https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-90441 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
First Time		Watchguard Watchguard fireware
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 8.1
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware::::::::

30 Sep 2026, 00:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-09-30 00:16

Updated : 2026-10-06 20:02

NVD link : CVE-2026-90441

Mitre link : CVE-2026-90441

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-90441

JSON object : View

Products Affected

watchguard

fireware

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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