CVE-2025-13940 (GCVE-0-2025-13940)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-04 21:47 – Updated: 2026-08-10 16:04
VLAI
Title
WatchGuard Firebox Boot Time System Integrity Check Bypass
Summary
An Expected Behavior Violation [CWE-440] vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow an attacker to bypass the Fireware OS boot time system integrity check and prevent the Firebox from shutting down in the event of a system integrity check failure. The on-demand system integrity check in the Fireware Web UI will correctly show a failed system integrity check message in the event of a failure.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-05 15:44 UTC
CWE
Assigner
WatchGuard CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard A 91/100 over 93 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
WatchGuard Fireware OS Affected: 2025.1 , < 2025.1.3 (custom)
Affected: 12.8.1 , < 12.11.5 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:fireware_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:fireware_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2025-12-04 21:47
Credits
Discovered internally by WatchGuard
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