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CVE-2026-123039: Check Point Multiple Products
Check Point Multiple Products Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Vulnerability
Actively exploited (CISA KEV) HIGH severity
Description
Check Point Firewall, Multi-Domain Security Management Server, Scalable Platforms, Security Gateway, and Security Management Server contain an incorrect permissions assignment for critical resources vulnerability when the Gaia OS DynamicCLI daemon runs as root and listens on a world-writable local socket without authenticating connecting processes. An authenticated local user can send a command to the socket and have it executed as root.
Key facts
- CVSS v3
- 7.8 (HIGH)
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2026-11-12
- Last modified
- 2026-11-14
- NVD status
- Undergoing Analysis
- Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-11-13
- CISA due date
- 2026-11-16
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.
https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk1000362 ; 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-2026-123039
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-732
References
- https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk1000362
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-123039