7.5High

Watchguard Fireware

CVE-2025-11838

A memory corruption vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) condition in the Mobile User VPN with IKEv2 and the Branch Office VPN using IKEv2 when configured with a dynamic gateway peer.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Watchguard Fireware. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.5% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 40% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Watchguard Fireware, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
7.5 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4
8.7
Weakness
CWE-763
Assigned by
5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3

Dates

Published
2025-12-04
Last modified
2026-09-25
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Watchguard Fireware2025.1 - 2025.1.3, 12.0.0 - 12.11.5
  • Watchguard Firebox T115-Wall versions
  • Watchguard Firebox T125all versions
  • Watchguard Firebox T125-Wall versions
  • Watchguard Firebox T145all versions
  • Watchguard Firebox T145-Wall versions
  • Watchguard Firebox T185all versions
  • Watchguard Firebox M270all versions
  • Watchguard Firebox M290all versions
  • Watchguard Firebox M370all versions
  • Watchguard Firebox M390all versions
  • Watchguard Firebox M440all versions

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References