CVE-2026-1498

Jan. 30, 2026, 1:15 p.m.

7.0
Medium

Description

An LDAP Injection vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to retrieve sensitive information from a connected LDAP authentication server through an exposed authentication or management web interface. This vulnerability may also allow a remote attacker to authenticate as an LDAP user with a partial identifier if they additionally have that user's valid passphrase.This issue affects Fireware OS: from 12.0 through 12.11.6, from 12.5 through 12.5.15, from 2025.1 through 2026.0.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Watchguard
  • Fireware Os
  • 12.0-12.11.6, 12.5-12.5.15, 2025.1-2026.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-90
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection')
The product constructs all or part of an LDAP query using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended LDAP query when it is sent to a downstream component.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a watchguard fireware_os 12.0-12.11.6 / / / / / / /
a watchguard fireware_os 12.5-12.5.15 / / / / / / /
a watchguard fireware_os 2025.1-2026.0 / / / / / / /

References

https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2026-00001

Tags

5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3
CWE-90
2026-01-30
CVE-2026-1498

CVSS Score

7.0 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: PRESENT
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Jan. 30, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Jan. 30, 2026, 1:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3

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