125,000 IPs WatchGuard Firebox Devices Exposed to Internet Vulnerable to 0

Cybersecuritynews •Abinaya • December 22, 2025

The Shadowserver Foundation identified approximately 125,000 WatchGuard Firebox firewall devices worldwide at risk due to a critical vulnerability actively exploited. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-14733, enables unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on unpatched devices with minimal effort. The vulnerability stems from an out-of-bounds write flaw in the WatchGuard Fireware OS IKEv2 VPN key […]

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Critical Vulnerability Exposes 125,000 WatchGuard Firebox IPs to Attack A critical vulnerability in WatchGuard Firebox firewalls has exposed approximately 125,000 IPs worldwide. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-14733, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on unpatched devices. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an emergency warning regarding the exploitation of this vulnerability. 2 sources 24

Extracted Entities

CVEs (1)

CVE-2025-14733

Platforms (2)

WatchGuard Firebox WatchGuard Fireware OS