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CVE-2026-13224

A path traversal vulnerability in the Fireware OS WebUI management agent allows an authenticated administrator to read or list arbitrary files on the local filesystem by sending a specially crafted management request.

HIGH 8.2EPSS 0.36%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A path traversal vulnerability in the Fireware OS WebUI management agent allows an authenticated administrator to read or list arbitrary files on the local filesystem by sending a specially crafted management request.

CVSS 4.0
8.2 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/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
EPSS
0.36% probability · 30th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22, CWE-23
Affected
watchguard/fireware
Source
5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3
EPSS trend
0%3%5%30 September 2026: 0.32%26 October 2026: 0.36%30 September 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 0.3% on 30 September 2026 to 0.4% on 26 October 2026.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.