CVE-2026-18105

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2% (12th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Fireware OS's diagnostic tasks feature allows a low-privileged, authenticated user to cause a denial of service of the system's diagnostic tools by repeatedly starting and aborting a specially crafted diagnostic task through the web UI.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
32
EG Risk 32/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity71% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
12th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 29, 2026

Last Modified

September 30, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 29, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

CVE-2026-18105 — Fireware OS Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Diagnostic Tasks Allows Denial of Service

https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-18105

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18105(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 22× in last 7d / 22× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 05:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-03 17:25 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-03 17:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-03 05:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-02 17:13 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-02 17:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-02 05:06 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-02 05:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-10-01 17:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-01 04:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-30 16:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-30 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-30 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-30 15:44 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-30 15:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-30 12:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-30 00:33 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-29 23:26 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-29 23:23 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18105?
CVE-2026-18105 is a high vulnerability published on September 29, 2026. An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Fireware OS's diagnostic tasks feature allows a low-privileged, authenticated user to cause a denial of service of the system's diagnostic tools by repeatedly starting and aborting a specially crafted diagnostic task through the web UI.
When was CVE-2026-18105 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18105 was first published on September 29, 2026, with the most recent update on September 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-18105 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18105 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (12th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18105?
CVE-2026-18105 has a CVSS base score of 7.1 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18105?
No fix for CVE-2026-18105 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-18105 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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