CVE-2026-115495
MediumCVSS 5.7Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk0th percentile - higher than 0% of all known CVEs
Summary
Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows allows a local attacker who can capture loopback traffic to obtain the user's VPN username and password.
Risk Assessment
A local attacker can capture VPN credentials, potentially leading to unauthorized VPN access. The risk is particularly relevant in environments where multiple users share the same computer.
Recommendation
Update the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client to the latest version that encrypts transmitted credentials. Consider implementing additional protections such as MFA for VPN.
Other vulnerabilities in WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL
See all- CVE-2026-13079High
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows allows a local attacker to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on the machine where the client is installed. This issue affects the Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows up to and including version 2026.2.
- CVE-2025-1549Medium
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client on Windows allows a local user to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. This is an additional unmitigated attack path for CVE-2024-4944. The vulnerability is fixed in version 12.11.5 of the client.
Original NVD description (English source)
Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows allows a local attacker who can capture loopback traffic to obtain the user’s VPN username and password.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS