CVE-2026-86132 Fireware OS Pre-Authentication Integer Underflow in iked Allows Denial of Service

What is CVE-2026-86132?

CVE-2026-86132 is a high-severity vulnerability in Watchguard Fireware, published on 29 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An integer underflow vulnerability in the WatchGuard Fireware OS IKEv2 daemon (iked) allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to crash the process by sending a specially crafted encrypted IKEv2 message negotiated with an AES-GCM cipher suite.

Weakness: CWE-191

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-86132?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Watchguard Fireware.

How do I fix CVE-2026-86132?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-86132 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-86132 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-86132 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-cqp8-x8vw-vcr3.