CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-85102
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Check Point Multiple Products Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability — Check Point Multiple Products
Check Point Security Gateway and Check Point Spark Firewall using Site to Site VPN or Remote Access VPN contain an improper certificate validation vulnerability which could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the Gateway.
- Added to KEV
- 2026-09-22
- Remediation due
- 2026-09-25
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
- Notes
- https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk1000117 ; ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85102
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-09-09
- Last modified
- 2026-09-23
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295
Description
Improper certificate trust validation during VPN negotiation in Check Point Quantum Security Gateway may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the Gateway.
Affected configurations
• checkpoint gaia embedded (>= r81.10.00 < r81.10.17)
• checkpoint gaia embedded (>= r82.00.00 < r82.00.10)
• checkpoint gaia embedded r81.10.17
• checkpoint gaia embedded r82.00.10
• checkpoint gaia os (>= r80 < r81.10)
• checkpoint gaia os r81.10
• checkpoint gaia os r81.20
• checkpoint gaia os r82
• checkpoint gaia os r82.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness
References
- https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk1000117 Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.checkpoint.com/security/security-advisory-action-required-active-exploitation-of-cve-2026-85102-and-a-management-pre-authentication-vulnerability-cve-2026-93616/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-85102 US Government Resource