{"id":"CVE-2025-9242","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-9242","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:12:01.183Z","title":"WatchGuard Firebox Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability","description":"An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the WatchGuard Fireware OS iked process may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects both the mobile user VPN with IKEv2 and the branch office VPN using IKEv2 when configured with a dynamic gateway peer.\nIf the Firebox was previously configured with the mobile user VPN with IKEv2 or a branch office VPN using IKEv2 to a dynamic gateway peer, and both of those configurations have since been deleted, that Firebox may still be vulnerable if a branch office VPN to a static gateway peer is still configured.","published":"2025-09-17T08:15:34.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-10T19:59:12.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["watchguard/fireware"],"epss":{"score":0.92219,"percentile":0.99821,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2025-11-12","dueDate":"2025-12-03","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.\nhttps://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2025-00015 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9242"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 December 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2025-9242","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3"},{"url":"https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2025-00015","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3"},{"url":"https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-WatchGuard-CVE-2025-9242/blob/main/watchTowr-vs-WatchGuard-CVE-2025-9242.py","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-9242","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9242","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}