CVE-2024-6592
WatchGuard Firebox Single Sign-On Agent Protocol Authorization Bypass
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- WatchGuard
Description
An incorrect authorization vulnerability in the protocol communication between the WatchGuard Authentication Gateway (aka Single Sign-On Agent) on Windows and the WatchGuard Single Sign-On Client on Windows and MacOS allows an attacker with network access to forge communications to affected components. In the event an attacker has already gained network access, they could exploit this vulnerability to retrieve authenticated usernames and group memberships from the Single Sign-On Agent or send arbitrary account and group information to the Single Sign-On Agent for their host. This vulnerability cannot be used by an attacker to gain access to user credentials.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WatchGuardCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Critical9.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 4.0 | Critical9.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 12.0 – ≤ 12.7
- affected 12.0 – ≤ 12.5.4
- affected 12.0 – ≤ 12.10.2
What to do
Workaround: An attacker must have already established network access to exploit this vulnerability. WatchGuard recommends using Windows Firewall rules to restrict TCP port 4116 network access to the Single Sign-On Client to only allow connections from the Authentication Gateway (SSO Agent), and restricting TCP port 4114 network access to the Authentication Gateway to only allow connections from the Firebox. Windows administrators can use Group Policy objects to add Windows firewall rules to their endpoints.
Exploitation: WatchGuard is not aware of any exploitation of this vulnerability in the wild.
References (3)
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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