Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-121638

WatchGuard AuthPoint Gateway Improper Certificate Validation Allows Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

publishedCWE-295

An Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in WatchGuard AuthPoint Gateway allows an attacker with an on-path network position to intercept and modify communications between the AuthPoint Gateway and local authentication providers.

Technical severity9.1 criticalCVSS 4.0 · CNA: WatchGuard
Published2026-11-04Source updated 2026-11-04
Collected2026-11-041 attributed source

Fixes and workarounds

Fix

AuthPoint Authentication Gateway 7.6.0

Source: CNA: WatchGuard

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
AuthPoint Authentication Gateway
WatchGuard
≥ 1.0; < 7.6.0 (affected, semver)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: WatchGuard

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / scoreVectorAuthority
4.0 / 9.1
critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NCNA: WatchGuard

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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