Medium [CVE-2026-96293] cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in WatchGuard Endpoint Security's Full Disk Encryption feature for macOS allows a local, unprivileged user or process to obtain a managed computer's FileVault Personal Recovery Key by reading a persistently written diagnostic log file left readable by all local users
This medium-severity WatchGuard advisory covers CVE-2026-96293 affecting WatchGuard Agent.
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Summary
A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in WatchGuard Endpoint Security's Full Disk Encryption feature for macOS allows a local, unprivileged user or process to obtain a managed computer's FileVault Personal Recovery Key by reading a persistently written diagnostic log file left readable by all local users.
Affected product named by the advisory: WatchGuard Agent.
- WatchGuard Agent before 1.17.23.0000
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 8 days ago·verify at source
- 1.17.23.0000
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 8 days ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 1.17.23.0000. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here. Review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 8 days ago·verify at source
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