What is GHSA-j294-c4gm-rwh3?

GHSA-j294-c4gm-rwh3 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the WatchGuard Fireware OS iked process allows a remote...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-j294-c4gm-rwh3 cover?

GHSA-j294-c4gm-rwh3 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-78009. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-j294-c4gm-rwh3High

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the WatchGuard Fireware OS iked process allows a remote...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 28, 2026

Last Modified

August 28, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-78009 →

📋 Description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the WatchGuard Fireware OS iked process allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to create a Denial of Service (DoS) condition in VPN processing by sending specially crafted network traffic.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78009
https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2026-78009
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j294-c4gm-rwh3