CVE-2026-18105 PUBLISHED

Fireware OS Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Diagnostic Tasks Allows Denial of Service

Assigner: WatchGuard
Reserved: 28.07.2026 Published: 29.09.2026 Updated: 30.09.2026

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Fireware OS's diagnostic tasks feature allows a low-privileged, authenticated user to cause a denial of service of the system's diagnostic tools by repeatedly starting and aborting a specially crafted diagnostic task through the web UI.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	WatchGuard
Product	Fireware OS
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 2026.3 to 2026.3.2 (excl.) affected from 2025.0 to 2026.2.3 (excl.) affected from 12.0 to 12.12.3 (excl.)

Vendor	WatchGuard
Product	Fireware OS
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 12.0 to 12.5.21 (excl.)

Affected Configurations

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker requires network access to a the Firebox Management Web UI.

Exploits

WatchGuard is not aware of any exploitation of this vulnerability in the wild.

Solutions

Fireware OS 2026.3.2, Fireware OS 2026.2.3, Fireware OS 12.12.3, Fireware OS 12.5.21

Credits

Brian Mariani of DigitalCanion SA finder

References

https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-18105

Problem Types

CWE-400 CWE
CWE-770 CWE