CVE-2026-13079
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Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows allows a local attacker to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on the machine where the client is installed. This issue affects the Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows up to and including 2026.2.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3
Published
2026-07-03 00:16:50.630000
Last modified
2026-10-25 21:10:00.770000
View original CVE JSON
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