Administrative access via attacker-supplied SIC identity
Published Jul 22, 2026 · Updated Jul 22, 2026
Authentication bypass in Check Point SmartConsole through R82.10 allows remote attackers to gain full administrative access. LoginSvcImpl.authenticateRemoteApplication() prefers an attacker-supplied SIC distinguished name over the authenticated peer certificate identity, enabling application-token and SSO-ticket issuance. Exploitation requires network access to ports 18190 and 19009 and unrestricted Trusted Clients; successful access permits security-policy and configuration changes.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Check Point SmartConsole through R82.10 allows remote attackers to gain full administrative access. LoginSvcImpl.authenticateRemoteApplication() prefers an attacker-supplied SIC distinguished name over the authenticated peer certificate identity, enabling application-token and SSO-ticket issuance. Exploitation requires network access to ports 18190 and 19009 and unrestricted Trusted Clients; successful access permits security-policy and configuration changes.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-16232
- Published
- Jul 22, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 22, 2026
- Vendor
- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
- Product
- Multi-Domain Security Management
- Classifications
- CWE-287, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 22, 2026Exploitation reportedCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities entry
- Jul 22, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 22, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=R81.10, R81, R80.30, R80.20, R80.10, R80, and R77.30
- Affected versionversion=R81.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 158 or below
- Affected versionversion=R82.10 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 36 or below
- Affected versionversion=R82 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 118 or below
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What is affected?
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Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Public exploit references
- Rapid7 Labs CVE-2026-16232 proof of conceptfunctional · validated
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Reported exploitation
- Check Point reported exploitation in the wildreported exploitation
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities entryknown exploited catalog
Technologies
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