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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-18105 · published 30 September 2026

CVE-2026-18105: Watchguard fireware uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability

Watchguard · Fireware

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Fireware OS's diagnostic tasks feature allows a low-privileged, authenticated user to cause a denial of service of the system's diagnostic tools by repeatedly starting and aborting a specially crafted diagnostic task through the web UI.

7.1 CVSS 4.0 High EPSS 0.24% · top 86.0% CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumptionCWE-770 · Allocation without limits
7.1CVSS 4.0 base score
0.24%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
1References
8 Oct 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Fireware OS's diagnostic tasks feature allows a low-privileged, authenticated user to cause a denial of service of the system's diagnostic tools by repeatedly starting and aborting a specially crafted diagnostic task through the web UI.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/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:

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-18105 PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-18105), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-14). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.