CVE-2026-78009 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the WatchGuard Fireware OS iked process allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to create a Denial of Service (DoS) condition in VPN processing by sending specially crafted network traffic.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Watchguard	Fireware Os

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References

Link	Providers
https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-78009

History

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the WatchGuard Fireware OS iked process allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to create a Denial of Service (DoS) condition in VPN processing by sending specially crafted network traffic.
Title		Fireware OS Out-of-Bounds Read in iked Allows Unauthenticated Denial of Service (DoS)
First Time appeared		Watchguard Watchguard fireware Os
Weaknesses		CWE-125 CWE-20
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:fireware_os::::::::
Vendors & Products		Watchguard Watchguard fireware Os
References		https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-78009
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WatchGuard

Published: 2026-08-27T23:24:32.671Z

Updated: 2026-09-03T20:49:55.437Z

Reserved: 2026-08-21T21:46:42.399Z

Link: CVE-2026-78009

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T14:42:20.842Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-28T02:16:22.293

Modified: 2026-09-03T21:17:22.067

Link: CVE-2026-78009

Redhat

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