---
id: "CVE-2026-96293"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-96293"]
title: "WatchGuard Endpoint Security: macOS log leaks FileVault recovery keys locally"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.9
epss: 0.00051
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["filevault", "full-disk-encryption", "infrastructure", "macos", "watchguard-endpoint-security"]
not_affected_if: ["no-macos-fde-feature", "no-watchguard-endpoint-security"]
published_at: "2026-10-22T09:17:17+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:38:55+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96293", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-96293", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00"}]
---

# WatchGuard Endpoint Security: macOS log leaks FileVault recovery keys locally

WatchGuard Endpoint Security's Full Disk Encryption feature for macOS writes a diagnostic log file that is readable by all local users. A local unprivileged user or process can read it and obtain a managed computer's FileVault Personal Recovery Key.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96293
- 2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-96293

## From the sources

A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in WatchGuard Endpoint Security's Full Disk Encryption feature for macOS allows a local, unprivileged user or process to obtain a managed computer's FileVault Personal Recovery Key by reading a persistently written diagnostic log file left readable by all local users.

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_Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai_