WatchGuard security advisory (AV26-865)
Canada's Cyber Centre warns WatchGuard Dimension and Fireware OS vulnerabilities affect multiple versions and urges administrators to apply available updates.
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security issued advisory AV26-865 (August 31, 2026) noting that WatchGuard products are affected by vulnerabilities as of August 27, 2026. Affected products include Dimension prior to 2.3.1 and Fireware OS prior to 12.12.2, 12.5.20, and 2026.2.2. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the advisory link and apply updates as they become available.
CISA: WatchGuard RCE flaw now exploited in ransomware attacks
CISA confirms ransomware gangs are exploiting critical unauthenticated RCE CVE-2025-14733 in WatchGuard Firebox firewalls, with roughly 9,000 devices still unpatched.
CVE-2025-14733 is an out-of-bounds write in WatchGuard Fireware OS allowing unauthenticated remote code execution, exploitable on firewalls configured for IKEv2 VPN and potentially even after the configuration was deleted if a static branch-office VPN peer remains. WatchGuard released patches in December and confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; Shadowserver found over 115,000 exposed Fireboxes at the time, with nearly 9,000 still unpatched after nine months. CISA added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog in December under BOD 22-01 and on Thursday confirmed ransomware gangs are now exploiting it, without providing campaign details. WatchGuard serves more than 250,000 small and mid-sized companies through 17,000+ security resellers and service providers.