SARA / Free Tools / KEV / CVE-2026-16232

CVE-2026-16232 — newly added to CISA KEV

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 modif

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Check Point SmartConsole login process allows an unauthenticated remote at

Vendor / Product
— / Check Point / SmartConsole
Added to KEV
2026-07-22
BOD 22-01 due
Ransomware use
Unknown
CVSS / EPSS
9.1 CRITICAL · EPSS 1.07%

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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…

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

06Detection

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