Denial of service via unauthorized snapshot creation
Published Sep 8, 2026 · Updated Sep 8, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in WatchGuard Dimension 2.0 through 2.3.0 allows remote attackers to create database snapshots without consent. The snapshot creation endpoint accepts a state-changing request carried by an authenticated administrator's browser without verifying administrator intent. Repeated requests accumulate snapshot files until disk exhaustion degrades performance, destabilizes the system, or denies service.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in WatchGuard Dimension 2.0 through 2.3.0 allows remote attackers to create database snapshots without consent. The snapshot creation endpoint accepts a state-changing request carried by an authenticated administrator's browser without verifying administrator intent. Repeated requests accumulate snapshot files until disk exhaustion degrades performance, destabilizes the system, or denies service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-86135
- Published
- Sep 8, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 8, 2026
- Vendor
- WatchGuard Technologies
- Product
- WatchGuard Dimension
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CWE-400, CAPEC-62, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 8, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.0 <2.3.1
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