CVE-2026-93616 — Multi-Domain Security Management
CRITICALCVE-2026-93616 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) Path Traversal vulnerability in checkpoint multi-domain security management. EPSS puts its 30-day exploitation probability at 19.7% (97th percentile). A fix is available — see the affected versions and patch details below.
A directory traversal and file upload vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload and execute arbitrary scripts on Check Point Management Server.
Exploitation Status
Actively exploited in the wild
- CISA’s SSVC triage classifies this CVE as under active exploitation.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-93616.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2026-93616 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 383,485 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the 10–50% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Description
A directory traversal and file upload vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload and execute arbitrary scripts on Check Point Management Server.
Affected Products
multi-domain security managementcheckpointquantum security managementcheckpointDetection & mitigation playbook
Vendor / applianceDetect
Inventory every checkpoint multi-domain security management deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.
Fix
Apply the checkpoint multi-domain security management security patch or hotfix for CVE-2026-93616 on the affected version, following the vendor advisory for your exact build.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-93616 being exploited in your environment?
Detect and block the exploit chain at execution, on systems you cannot patch yet.