CVE•Published 2026-10-27•Modified 2026-10-28•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-90464

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

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EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')CWE-73External Control of File Name or Path CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Description

An external control of file path vulnerability in a WatchGuard Fireware OS firewall diagnostic command allows a remote, authenticated attacker with at least read-only (Device Monitor) privileges and access to the management CLI to create, truncate, or overwrite arbitrary files and modify kernel parameters with root privileges by submitting a specially crafted command. Written content is limited to numeric values.

Timeline

Published 2026-10-27

Modified 2026-10-28

External references

NVD MITRE Sploitus 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-2026-90464

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-90464

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-90464

Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.

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