criticalKEV
CVE-2026-16232
Check Point SmartConsole/management authentication bypass - exploited in the wild
- Severity
- critical
- Affected product
- Check Point Security Gateway
- Affected versions
- Check Point Security Gateway all versions before the fix
- Detection basis
- Appliance fingerprint
- Shipped rule
- Check Point Security Gateway: Check Point SmartConsole/management authentication bypass - exploited in the wild
- CISA KEV
- Listed as a known exploited vulnerability
- Added to NewScan
- 2026-08-06
- Detected by
- NewScan — free, self-hosted
How NewScan reports it
APPLIANCE FINGERPRINT
NewScan fingerprints the Check Point Security Gateway appliance and reports this CVE when the detected version falls inside the affected range below.
References
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