CVE-2026-78617 - WatchGuard Dimension Web UI Authentication Brute-Force Due to Missing Rate Limiting

CVE-2026-78617 - WatchGuard Dimension Web UI Authentication Brute-Force Due to Missing Rate Limiting

https://cvefeed.io/rssfeed/latest.atom / Fri, 08/28/2026 - 07:28
CVE ID :CVE-2026-78617
Published : Aug. 28, 2026, 2:16 a.m. | 2 hours, 13 minutes ago
Description :WatchGuard Dimension's web login endpoint does not enforce effective rate-limiting or account lockout by default allowing a remote attacker to perform automated password guessing against user accounts. If the account lockout setting is enabled, brute-force attempts are blocked after a defined number of failed attempts, but this setting is not enabled by default.
Severity: 6.3 | MEDIUM
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