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A critical WatchGuard Firebox vulnerability (CVE-2025-9242) is under active exploitation, prompting CISA to impose a rapid patch deadline on U.S. federal agencies. With tens of thousands of exposed devices still online and firewalls now prime initial-access real estate, this bug is a test of whether enterprises have truly learned anything from the last decade of perimeter failures.

WatchGuard has patched a severe remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-9242) affecting Firebox firewalls using IKEv2 VPN configurations. Exploitation could let attackers hijack network appliances—even if vulnerable settings were previously deleted. The disclosure follows a pattern of firewall-targeting attacks by ransomware groups.