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Check Point SmartConsole 0-Day Exploited to Gain Full Administrator Access – PoC Released
A critical authentication bypass in SmartConsole that was actively exploited as a zero-day before patches were available. Tracked as CVE-2026-16232, the flaw affects Security Management Server and Multi-Domain Security Management Server (MDS) and can give an unauthenticated attacker full administrator access through the SmartConsole management interface. On July 22, 2026, Check Point published a security […] The post Check Point SmartConsole 0-Day Exploited to Gain Full Administrator Access – PoC Released appeared first on Cyber Security News.
A critical authentication bypass in SmartConsole that was actively exploited as a zero-day before patches were available. Tracked as CVE-2026-16232, the flaw affects Security Management Server and Multi-Domain Security Management Server (MDS) and can give an unauthenticated attacker full administrator access through the SmartConsole management interface. On July 22, 2026, Check Point published…
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