CVE-2026-13224 Fireware OS Path Traversal in WebUI Management Agent Allows Arbitrary Local File Read

What is CVE-2026-13224?

CVE-2026-13224 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Watchguard Fireware, published on 29 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A path traversal vulnerability in the Fireware OS WebUI management agent allows an authenticated administrator to read or list arbitrary files on the local filesystem by sending a specially crafted management request.

Weakness: CWE-23, CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-13224?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Watchguard Fireware.

How do I fix CVE-2026-13224?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-13224 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2026-13224 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-13224 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Watchguard Fireware

• CVE-2022-26318 WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Appliances Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-14733 WatchGuard Firebox Out of Bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2025-9242 WatchGuard Firebox Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2022-23176 WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-31789 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8

All Watchguard Fireware vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-825j-hjhc-xc8w.