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GHSA-75V6-GF74-7FJW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-30 15:31 – Updated: 2026-08-10 21:31

Details

An LDAP Injection vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to retrieve sensitive information from a connected LDAP authentication server through an exposed authentication or management web interface. This vulnerability may also allow a remote attacker to authenticate as an LDAP user with a partial identifier if they additionally have that user's valid passphrase.This issue affects Fireware OS: from 12.0 through 12.11.6, from 12.5 through 12.5.15, from 2025.1 through 2026.0.

Severity

7.0 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

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CVE-2026-1498 (GCVE-0-2026-1498)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-30 13:02 – Updated: 2026-08-24 13:54

Title

WatchGuard Firebox LDAP Injection

Summary

Severity

7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-30 14:13 UTC

CWE

CWE-90

Assigner

WatchGuard mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-1498	vendor-advisory
https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wg…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
WatchGuard	Fireware OS	Affected: 2025.1 , < 2026.1 (custom) Affected: 12.0 , < 12.11.7 (custom)
WatchGuard	Fireware OS	Affected: 12.0 , < 12.5.16 (custom)

Date Public

2026-01-30 13:02

Credits

Discovered internally by WatchGuard

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