# CVE-2026-57907: WatchGuard Endpoint Protection Local Privilege Escalation in Console-Service Communication Allows SYSTEM Code Execution

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-10. Updated: 2026-11-10.

A privilege escalation vulnerability in WatchGuard Endpoint Protection's inter-process communication between the console and the protection service allows a local, low-privileged authenticated user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by injecting code into the trusted console process and issuing privileged commands to the service.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- WatchGuard / Endpoint Security: ≥ 0; < 8.00.26.0011 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: WatchGuard; platforms: Windows

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 8.5 (high); CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N; source: CNA: WatchGuard

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-269

## Exploit evidence

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

## References

- https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-57907 (CNA: WatchGuard; vendor-advisory)

## Provenance

- CNA: WatchGuard: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-57907; retrieved 2026-11-10; source updated 2026-11-10

Revision: e6845bcc385072ed8a7f6e61e6965839eb4488953a6435db37b91c96cbbf194c

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-57907

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