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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
WatchGuard WatchGuard Agent unaffected
Version Status Constraints
1.17.24.0000 affected —

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History

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

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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WatchGuard

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T08:38:36.895Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-96293

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-96293

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