{"id":"CVE-2026-41288","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-41288","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:19:00.326Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2026-05-06T16:16:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T19:10:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/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-732"],"affected":["watchguard/agent"],"epss":{"score":0.00107,"percentile":0.01165,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-41288","source":"5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3"},{"url":"https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/WGSA-2026-00011","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41288","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."}