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: n/a
KEV: No
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History

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: 2026-10-22T10:47:24.559Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-96293

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

Modified: 2026-10-22T11:17:55.123

Link: CVE-2026-96293

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

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