CVE-2026-3344 WatchGuard Firebox System Integrity Check Bypass

What is CVE-2026-3344?

CVE-2026-3344 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Watchguard Fireware, published on 3 Mar 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow an attacker to bypass the Fireware OS filesystem integrity check and maintain limited persistence via a maliciously-crafted firmware update package.

Weakness: CWE-440

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-3344?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Watchguard Fireware.

How do I fix CVE-2026-3344?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-3344 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-3344 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-3344 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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-648w-89vf-3pfc.