WatchGuard vulnerabilities
- WatchGuard has 116 CVE records published between 28 Oct 2023 and 28 Oct 2026, ranking #115 of 420 vendors on this site by that count.
- Of the 116 with a CVSS score, 76 (65.5%) are rated critical or high; 0 (0% of all) have no CVSS score.
- 4 vulnerabilities attributed to WatchGuard are listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog; the most recent, CVE-2025-14733, was added on 19 Dec 2025.
- 1 of them (25%) is marked as known to be used in ransomware campaigns.
- For the 4 KEV entries with a published CVE record, the median time from CVE publication to KEV listing is 34 days.
Records are attributed to WatchGuard from the vendor named in the source records. About the data.
CVE records per year
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| Year | CVE records |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 27 |
| 2026 | 82 |
2026 is partial (through 28 Oct 2026), shown in a lighter bar.
| Year | Records | Critical | High | Critical or high | Not scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 82 | 12 | 48 | 73.2% | 0% |
| 2025 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 33.3% | 0% |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 50% |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0% |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Exploited vulnerabilities in CISA's KEV catalog
| CVE | Product | Name | Added | Ransomware |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-14733 | Firebox | WatchGuard Firebox Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability | 2025-12-19 | Known |
| CVE-2025-9242 | Firebox | WatchGuard Firebox Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability | 2025-11-12 | Unknown |
| CVE-2022-23176 | Firebox and XTM | WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | 2022-04-11 | Unknown |
| CVE-2022-26318 | Firebox and XTM Appliances | WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Appliances Arbitrary Code Execution | 2022-03-25 | Unknown |
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.27, as of 27 Oct 2026. About the data.
Highest exploit-prediction scores (EPSS)
EPSS estimates the probability that a vulnerability is exploited in the next 30 days. These are the 10 highest-scoring WatchGuard records today.
| CVE | EPSS | Percentile | Severity | In KEV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-9242 | 92.2% | 99.8% | Critical | Yes |
| CVE-2022-26318 | 78.2% | 99.6% | Critical | Yes |
| CVE-2025-14733 | 29.4% | 98.2% | Critical | Yes |
| CVE-2022-23176 | 10.8% | 95.8% | High | Yes |
| CVE-2026-3342 | 6.7% | 93.9% | High | No |
| CVE-2026-86102 | 2.3% | 82.9% | Critical | No |
| CVE-2026-87969 | 1.4% | 71.8% | High | No |
| CVE-2022-31749 | 1.3% | 69.6% | Medium | No |
| CVE-2024-6592 | 1.2% | 67.3% | Critical | No |
| CVE-2024-5974 | 1.1% | 64.2% | High | No |
Source: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.27, as of 27 Oct 2026. About the data.