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CVE-2026-16232: Authentication Bypass in the SmartConsole Login Process Using an Application Token

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 68/100)

CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Jul 22, 2026). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Jul 25, 2026.
A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 89.1% of all records.
This probability fell by 74 points in the last 7 days.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

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.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v4.0KEVWeaponized No fix recorded

BDU:2026-10493

Published: Jul 22, 2026
Updated: Oct 24, 2026
EPSS: 3.5% · 89th percentile▼ 74
CWE: CWE-287

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This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS: 37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV: 30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS: 1 / 30 · 3.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: active
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: —
CNA · checkpoint: 9.3; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Jul 22, 2026. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Jul 25, 2026.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
checkpoint	multi-domain security management	cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:multi-domain_security_management
checkpoint	quantum security management	cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:quantum_security_management

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

checkpoint multi-domain security managementr77.30 and later · before r81.20
checkpoint multi-domain security managementr81.20
checkpoint multi-domain security managementr82
checkpoint multi-domain security managementr82.10
checkpoint quantum security managementr77.30 and later · before r81.20
checkpoint quantum security managementr81.20
checkpoint quantum security managementr82
checkpoint quantum security managementr82.10

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (checkpoint). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

checkpoint Multi-Domain Security Management
- R82.10 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 36 or below, R82 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 118 or below, R81.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 158 or below, R81.10, R81, R80.30, R80.20, R80.10, R80, and R77.30affected
checkpoint Quantum Security Management
- R82.10 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 36 or below, R82 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 118 or below, R81.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 158 or below, R81.10, R81, R80.30, R80.20, R80.10, R80, and R77.30affected

Same product

checkpoint: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2026-93616Directory Traversal and File upload allows execution of arbitrary script on the Management ServerKEV
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

Metasploit module ×1
Nuclei detection template ×1
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×3

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Metasploit module	exploit/linux/misc/checkpoint_smartconsole_cve_2026_16232_rceCheck Point SmartConsole Authentication Bypass Run Script RCEexploit	2026-07-22
Nuclei detection template	Nuclei template CVE-2026-16232	—
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:0	2026-07-22
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:12	2026-07-28
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:3	2026-08-03

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

First PoCJul 22, 2026-1 d
MetasploitJul 22, 2026-1 d
CISA KEVJul 22, 2026-1 d
PublishedJul 22, 2026
TodayOct 29, 2026+99 d

EPSS, last 120 days-74% in 7 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

TR-26-0619 · Jul 23, 2026(Check Point Çoklu Bileşen Güvenlik Bildirimi)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-287 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
2

3// Route added later skips the middleware
4app.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

1const admin = express.Router();
2admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
3

4admin.post("/config", updateConfig);
5app.use("/admin", admin);