WatchGuard Agent prior 1.25.03.0000 on Windows Discovery Service stack-based overflow
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in WatchGuard Agent on Windows. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Discovery Service. This manipulation causes stack-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-41287. The attacker needs to be present on the local network. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability has been found in WatchGuard Agent on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Discovery Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the WatchGuard Agent discovery service on Windows allows Overflow Buffers. An unauthenticated attacker on the same local network could exploit this vulnerability to crash the agent service.
It is possible to read the advisory at watchguard.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-41287 since 04/20/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to approached within the local network. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
Upgrading to version 1.25.03.0000 eliminates this vulnerability.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Stack-based overflowCWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Partially
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Agent 1.25.03.0000
Timeline
04/20/2026 CVE reserved05/06/2026 Advisory disclosed
05/06/2026 VulDB entry created
05/06/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: wgsa-2026-00010Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-41287 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-41287
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-361543
Entry
Created: 05/06/2026 17:18Changes: 05/06/2026 17:18 (68)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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