CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-50751
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Check Point Security Gateway Improper Authentication Vulnerability — Check Point Security Gateway
Check Point Security Gateway contains an improper authentication vulnerability in IKEv1 key exchange that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass user authentication and establish a remote access VPN connection without a valid user password.
- Added to KEV
- 2026-06-08
- Remediation due
- 2026-06-11
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- https://blog.checkpoint.com/security/check-point-releases-important-hotfix-for-vulnerabilities-in-deprecated-ikev1-vpn-protocol/ ; https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk185033?_gl=1*1wqeqhc*_gcl_au*MTI1MzE5MjI2LjE3ODA5MzQ1NTM. ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50751
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-06-08
- Last modified
- 2026-08-04
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.3 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
A logic flow weakness in Remote Access and Mobile Access certificate validation in deprecated IKEv1 key exchange allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass user authentication and establish a remote access VPN connection without a valid user password.
Affected configurations
• checkpoint gaia os (>= r80.40 < r81.20)
• checkpoint gaia os r81.20
• checkpoint gaia os r82
• checkpoint gaia os r82.10
• checkpoint gaia embedded (>= r80.20.00 < r81.10.17)
• checkpoint gaia embedded r81.10.17
• checkpoint gaia embedded (>= r80.20.00 < r82.00.10)
• checkpoint gaia embedded r82.00.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk185033 Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.checkpoint.com/security/check-point-releases-important-hotfix-for-vulnerabilities-in-deprecated-ikev1-vpn-protocol/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-50751 US Government Resource