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CVE-2026-41288

7.3 high SSVC exploitation: none Modified
NVD · CVE.org

Incorrect permission assignment for a resource in the patch management component of the WatchGuard Agent on Windows allows an authenticated local user to elevate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM.

Fix

Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 7.3 · watchguardNVD modified 2026-10-26 19:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 1

  • cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

References 2