{"id":"CVE-2026-78617","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-78617","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T09:27:08.681Z","title":"WatchGuard Dimension's web login endpoint does not enforce effective rate-limiting or account lockout by default allowing a remote attacker to perform automated password guessing against user accounts.","description":"WatchGuard Dimension's web login endpoint does not enforce effective rate-limiting or account lockout by default allowing a remote attacker to perform automated password guessing against user accounts. If the account lockout setting is enabled, brute-force attempts are blocked after a defined number of failed attempts, but this setting is not enabled by default.","published":"2026-08-28T02:16:24.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-28T20:19:59.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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-203","CWE-307"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00415,"percentile":0.35654,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-78617","source":"5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78617","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."}