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.
CVE-2026-96293
MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.96.9Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.9 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: <0.1% (below the 1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.
Triggered by: Headline CVSS from a secondary CVSS source
Sources: EPSS, a secondary CVSS source
6.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: <0.1%CVSS: 6.9Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed
No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.
The CVE record's CNA (WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.) lists WatchGuard Agent versions before 1.17.23.0000 as affected. No release containing a fix is confirmed on record.
- CVSS v3
- 6.9
- EG Score
- 6.9MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 31EG Risk 31/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity69% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 6.9 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation<0.1% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.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
- <0.1%
- EPSS %ILE
- below the 1st
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (6.9): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 6.9 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 6.9 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.a secondary CVSS source · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
- EG Likelihood
- <0.1% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-22). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track 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). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
October 22, 2026
Last Modified
October 23, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Oct 22, 2026No fix on record yet.
Web page
CVE-2026-96293 — Endpoint Security Cleartext Storage of FileVault Recovery Key in Log File
https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-96293Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-96293(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(3)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 18× in last 7d / 18× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
- 2026-10-23 09:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-23 09:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-vq33-hqqq-p4pj
- 2026-10-23 08:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-23 08:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-vq33-hqqq-p4pj
- 2026-10-22 17:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-22 17:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-vq33-hqqq-p4pj
- 2026-10-22 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
- 2026-10-22 14:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-22 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-vq33-hqqq-p4pj
- 2026-10-22 13:52 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-22 13:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-vq33-hqqq-p4pj
- 2026-10-22 11:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-22 11:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-vq33-hqqq-p4pj
- 2026-10-22 10:58 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-22 10:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-vq33-hqqq-p4pj
- 2026-10-22 09:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-22 08:52 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 6.9 MEDIUM
- 2026-10-22 08:50 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-96293?
CVE-2026-96293 is a medium-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 22, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-96293 made public?
CVE-2026-96293 was made public on October 22, 2026: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, WatchGuard Technologies, Inc., gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on October 22, 2026. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 23, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-96293 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-96293 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a <0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (below the 1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-96293?
CVE-2026-96293 has a CVSS base score of 6.9 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-96293?
No fix for CVE-2026-96293 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 CVE record's CNA (WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.) lists WatchGuard Agent versions before 1.17.23.0000 as affected. No release containing a fix is confirmed on record. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-96293 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.
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