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CVE-2026-96293

A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in WatchGuard Endpoint Security's Full…

Risk score
41/100
CVSS
6.9 v4.0
Exploit chance (30 days)
0.1%
Published
22 Oct 2026

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What to know

What it is
A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in WatchGuard Endpoint Security's Full Disk Encryption feature for macOS allows a local, unprivileged user or process to obtain a managed computer's FileVault Personal Recovery Key by reading a persistently written diagnostic log file left readable by all loca…
Affected
See advisory
Fix
Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
Exploitation
No known exploitation

Why it is Yellow

  • CVSS 6.9 medium

References

Original description

A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in WatchGuard Endpoint Security's Full Disk Encryption feature for macOS allows a local, unprivileged user or process to obtain a managed computer's FileVault Personal Recovery Key by reading a persistently written diagnostic log file left readable by all local users.

Last activity 22 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.