Applies To: Endpoint Security Elite, Endpoint Security 360, Endpoint Security Prime, WatchGuard EDR, Endpoint Security Basic
Vulnerability Assessment identifies third-party applications that have available patches or have reached end-of-life (EOL), as well as patches and updates released by Microsoft (for example, operating systems, databases, Office applications).
Vulnerability Assessment is not available on accounts with the WatchGuard Patch Management module.
These products support the installation of Vulnerability Assessment:
- Endpoint Security Basic
- Endpoint Security Prime
- Endpoint Security 360
- Endpoint Security Elite
- WatchGuard EDR
Supported Operating Systems
Vulnerability Assessment supports Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems.
Windows
Workstations
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 10 (including ARM)
- Windows 11 (including ARM)
Servers
- Windows 2008 R2
- Windows Small Business Server 2011
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2025 (including ARM)
macOS
- macOS Catalina (version 10.15)
- macOS Big Sur (version 11)
- macOS Monterey (version 12)
- macOS Ventura (version 13)
- macOS Sonoma (version 14)
- macOS Sequoia (version 15)
- macOS Tahoe (version 26)
Linux
Supported 64-bit distributions:
- Red Hat: 7, 8, and 9
- CentOS: 7
- SUSE Linux Enterprise: 12 and 15
Other distributions such as Ubuntu, Fedora, and Debian are not supported.
Unsupported Computers
On computers not compatible with Vulnerability Assessment:
- Computers keep the Vulnerability Assessment settings profiles and tasks assigned to them, but they are not applied.
- The Available Patches list does not show information about these computers or about the status of the patches installed.
- These computers do not count toward the number of Vulnerability Assessment licenses used.
Hardware Requirements
- Processor — Pentium 1 GHz
- RAM — 1 GB
- Disk Free Space — 650 MB