CVE•Published 2025-12-04•Modified 2026-09-25•0 articles on news•3 live references•NVD data

CVE-2025-13940Watchguard · Fireware

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 97% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-440Expected Behavior Violation

Description

An Expected Behavior Violation [CWE-440] vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow an attacker to bypass the Fireware OS boot time system integrity check and prevent the Firebox from shutting down in the event of a system integrity check failure. The on-demand system integrity check in the Fireware Web UI will correctly show a failed system integrity check message in the event of a failure.

Timeline

Published 2025-12-04

Modified 2026-09-25

External references

NVD MITRE VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2025-13940

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · OS

os:"Fireware"

Hosts Shodan identified as running Fireware.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2025-13940

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-13940