CVE-2026-90465

Fireware OS Missing Authentication in FireCluster Sync Allows Privilege Escalation

State: Published
Severity: 8.7 High
Published: Oct 27, 2026
Updated: Oct 29, 2026
Reserved: Sep 11, 2026

Description

A missing authentication vulnerability in the FireCluster Sync processing allows an attacker positioned on the cluster interconnect, such as a compromised cluster peer or an on-path network attacker, to invoke privileged firewall management actions as root by sending a specially crafted request.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.7 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H	WatchGuard

Weaknesses

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Fireware OSWatchGuard	2025.1 to before 2026.4Affected 12.0 to before 12.12.4Affected
Fireware OSWatchGuard	12.0 to before 12.5.22Affected

References

https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-90465vendor-advisory

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