---
id: CVE-2026-86136
title: >-
  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…
summary: >-
  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…
severity: high
cvss: 8.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
  - CWE-476
  - CWE-862
vendor: watchguard
product: fireware
affected:
  - 'fireware >= 12.0, < 12.5.21'
  - 'fireware >= 12.12, < 12.12.3'
  - 'fireware >= 2025.0, < 2026.2.3'
  - 'fireware >= 2026.3, < 2026.3.2'
patched:
  - fireware 2026.3.2
published: '2026-09-30'
updated: '2026-10-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-06T20:22:36.410'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86136'
references:
  - url: 'https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-86136'
    label: 5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00297
epssPercentile: 0.2223
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-30T14:42:26.667301Z'
scores:
  nvd: 8.1
  cna: 7.1
ingestedAt: '2026-09-29T23:52:50.549Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `fireware >= 12.0, < 12.5.21`
- `fireware >= 12.12, < 12.12.3`
- `fireware >= 2025.0, < 2026.2.3`
- `fireware >= 2026.3, < 2026.3.2`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `fireware 2026.3.2`