WatchGuard Firebox Hardcoded Fallback Encryption Key in Access Portal Resource Credential Database
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| WatchGuard | Fireware OS | unaffected |
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Vendor Solution
Fireware OS 2026.2.1, Fireware OS 12.12.1, Fireware OS 12.11.9
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.230% probability within 30 days)
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| Description | In exception circumstances, WatchGuard Fireware OS on a FireCluster may use a hard-coded encryption key to encrypt saved credentials for Access Portal resources. This vulnerability affects Fireware OS 12.1 up to and including 12.12 and 2025.1 up to and including 2026.2. This vulnerability does not affect devices that do not support the Access Portal feature or standalone Fireboxes not deployed in a FireCluster. | In exception circumstances, WatchGuard Fireware OS on a FireCluster may use a hard-coded encryption key to encrypt saved credentials for Access Portal resources. This vulnerability does not affect devices that do not support the Access Portal feature or standalone Fireboxes not deployed in a FireCluster. |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:fireware_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:2025.1 |
cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:fireware_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| Description | In exception circumstances, WatchGuard Fireware OS on a FireCluster may use a hard-coded encryption key to encrypt saved credentials for Access Portal resources. This vulnerability affects Fireware OS 12.1 up to and including 12.12 and 2025.1 up to and including 2026.2. This vulnerability does not affect devices that do not support the Access Portal feature or standalone Fireboxes not deployed in a FireCluster. | |
| Title | WatchGuard Firebox Hardcoded Fallback Encryption Key in Access Portal Resource Credential Database | |
| First Time appeared |
Watchguard
Watchguard fireware Os |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-798 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:fireware_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:12.1 cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:fireware_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:2025.1 |
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Watchguard
Watchguard fireware Os |
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cvssV4_0
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