CVE-2026-19318 is a pre-authentication stack-based buffer overflow in the iked IKE/VPN daemon of WatchGuard Fireware OS. Processing a malformed EAP-MSCHAPv2 payload can overwrite stack memory. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can trigger the flaw through specially crafted traffic sent to the exposed VPN service, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution or a daemon crash.
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Critical pre-authentication stack buffer overflow in WatchGuard Fireware OS iked VPN service, reachable through malformed EAP-MSCHAPv2 traffic, that permits remote code execution.
A remotely exploitable, unauthenticated stack-based buffer overflow in the WatchGuard Fireware OS iked process that permits arbitrary code execution through specially crafted network traffic.
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