Vulnerability · CVE-2026-50751
Check Point Security Gateway Improper Authentication Vulnerability
Published Jun 8, 2026 · catalog updated Aug 3, 2026 · Check Point Security Gateway
Patch now
CVE-2026-50751 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 11, 2026. Confirm Check Point Security Gateway against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
- Severity
- Critical9.3
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 85.34%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe checkpoint/gaia embedded · cpe checkpoint/gaia os · vendor Check Point Security Gateway
Check Point Security Gateway contains an improper authentication vulnerability in IKEv1 key exchange that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass user authentication and establish a remote access VPN connection without a valid user password. VulnCheck canary evidence. Initial-access exploit intelligence.
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- cpe checkpoint/gaia embeddedversion unspecified
- cpe checkpoint/gaia osr81.20
- vendor Check Point Security Gatewayversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-50751
Recommended remediation
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA due date Jun 11, 2026.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2026-50751 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 11, 2026. Confirm Check Point Security Gateway against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with checkpoint/gaia os r81.20. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-287: Improper Authentication. EPSS 85.34%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 8, 2026 · Catalog
Detected
A logic flow weakness in Remote Access and Mobile Access certificate validation in deprecated IKEv1 key exchange allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass user authentication and establish a remote access VPN connection without a valid user password.
Jun 8, 2026 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Jun 11, 2026 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Aug 3, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
A logic flow weakness in Remote Access and Mobile Access certificate validation in deprecated IKEv1 key exchange allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass user authentication and establish a remote access VPN connection without a valid user password.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-50751
Check Point Security Gateway contains an improper authentication vulnerability in IKEv1 key exchange that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass user authentication and establish a remote access VPN connection without a valid user password.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-50751
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-50751
30-day exploitation probability 85.3%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-50751
A logic flow weakness in Remote Access and Mobile Access certificate validation in deprecated IKEv1 key exchange allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass user authentication and establish a remote access VPN connection without a valid user password.
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-50751
Check Point Security Gateway contains an improper authentication vulnerability in IKEv1 key exchange that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass user authentication and establish a remote access VPN connection without a valid user password.
vulncheck.com
References
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · api.vulncheck.com
- CISA note · blog.checkpoint.com
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- Mitigation · support.checkpoint.com
- CISA note · support.checkpoint.com
- US Government Resource · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · guidepointsecurity.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · rapid7.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · recordedfuture.com
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.