High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 3, 2026· Updated Aug 10, 2026

CVE-2026-13079

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows allows a local attacker to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on the machine where the client is installed.

This issue affects the Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows up to and including 2026.2.

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Affected products

WatchGuard/Mobile VPN With SSL
cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:mobile_vpn_with_ssl:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
Range: <2026.2.1
WatchGuard/Fireware
cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: >=12.0.0,<12.12.1
WatchGuard/Mobile VPN with SSL Clientllm-fuzzy
Range: <=2026.2

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References

www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2026-00027nvdVendor Advisory
psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-13079nvd

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