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2026-012: Critical Vulnerabilities in Check Point Products

On 9 September 2026, Check Point released emergency security updates addressing two critical vulnerabilities affecting Check Point Security Gateway, Security Management Server, and Spark Firewall deployments configured to use Remote Access VPN or Site-to-Site VPN. Both vulnerabilities carry a CVSS score of 9.8 and could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on affected appliances.<br> CERT-EU strongly recommends applying the available hotfixes as soon as possible, prioritising internet-facing and perimeter appliances.<br>
CRITICAL
Severity & confidence
Source severitycritical
Platform severitycritical
Confidencehigh
Exploitationunknown
CVSS-
Affected
CountriesEU
Reporting sources (1)
CERT-EU - Security Advisories
Open source โ†—
Timeline & provenance
Published2026-09-10T08:24:14
Last updated2026-10-21T05:52:00
Ingested2026-09-10T08:24:14
FreshnessNEAR-REAL-TIME
Threat typeadvisory
Recommended action
No recommended action published with this item - review the original source.
Next steps
  1. Identify affected systems in your environment.
  2. Apply the vendor patch or mitigation guidance.
  3. Review logs for indicators described in the advisory.
  4. Follow the affected vendor/product to track updates.
Confidence explanation
Reported by a government or cert-grade source (CISA, NCSC, NVD, ENISA, MSRC).
Source type: gov ยท Original: CERT-EU - Security Advisories