Description
A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in WatchGuard Endpoint Security's Full Disk Encryption feature for macOS allows a local, unprivileged user or process to obtain a managed computer's FileVault Personal Recovery Key by reading a persistently written diagnostic log file left readable by all local users.
Published: 2026-10-22
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in WatchGuard Endpoint Security's Full Disk Encryption feature for macOS allows a local, unprivileged user or process to obtain a managed computer's FileVault Personal Recovery Key by reading a persistently written diagnostic log file left readable by all local users.
Title Endpoint Security Cleartext Storage of FileVault Recovery Key in Log File
First Time appeared Watchguard
Watchguard watchguard Agent
Weaknesses CWE-312
CWE-532
CWE-732
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:watchguard_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Watchguard
Watchguard watchguard Agent
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Watchguard Watchguard Agent
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WatchGuard

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T13:37:47.696Z

Reserved: 2026-09-22T21:40:17.759Z

Link: CVE-2026-96293

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T13:33:17.104Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-22T09:17:17.057

Modified: 2026-10-22T14:17:51.780

Link: CVE-2026-96293

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T10:45:04Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-312

    Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

  • CWE-532

    Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

  • CWE-732

    Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource