CVE-2026-16232
9.8, critical Known exploitedCheck Point SmartConsole Improper Authentication Vulnerability
- CVSS
- 9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 78% higher than 99.5% of scored CVEs
- Exploitation
- Confirmed in the wild
- Published
- 22 Jul 20262 months ago
Known exploited
CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 22 Jul 2026. US federal agencies had to remediate by 25 Jul 2026, a deadline that has passed.
Required action. Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Description
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Check Point SmartConsole login process allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to obtain an application login token and use it to authenticate with full administrative privileges. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to modify security policies and security configurations. Remote exploitation requires internet access to the Management Server IP address and a configuration that does not restrict Trusted Clients. Check Point is aware that this vulnerability is being exploited and has affected a very small number of customers.
Details
- Vendor
- Check Point
- Product
- Quantum Security Management
- Weakness
- CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Analyzed
- Updated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Assigner
- cve@checkpoint.com
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References 2
Patches and fixes 1
The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.
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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.