High [CVE-2026-13079] 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 high-severity WatchGuard advisory covers CVE-2026-13079 affecting Mobile VPN with SSL Client.
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Summary
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.
- through 2026.2
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
- 2026.2.1
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Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 2026.2.1. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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