Unauthenticated command execution via undisclosed authentication bypass
Published Aug 3, 2026 · Updated Aug 3, 2026
Authentication bypass in Check Point Security Management Server and MDS allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. Check Point has not disclosed the affected Management service endpoint or the alternate path or channel that skips authentication. Network access to Management services is required; successful exploitation grants control of the Security Management system, while the vendor reports no active exploitation.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Check Point Security Management Server and MDS allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. Check Point has not disclosed the affected Management service endpoint or the alternate path or channel that skips authentication. Network access to Management services is required; successful exploitation grants control of the Security Management system, while the vendor reports no active exploitation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-18574
- Published
- Aug 3, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2026
- Vendor
- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
- Product
- Multi-Domain Security Management Server
- Classifications
- CWE-288, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 3, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=R80
- Affected versionversion=R80.10
- Affected versionversion=R80.20
- Affected versionversion=R80.30
- Affected versionversion=R80.40
- Affected versionversion=R81
- Affected versionversion=R81.10
- Affected versionversion=R81.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator Take 160 or below
- Affected versionversion=R82.10 with Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator Take 39 or below
- Affected versionversion=R82 with Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator Take 121 or below
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