CVE-2026-93616 — checkpoint Quantum Security Management
CISA KEVAs of 2026-09-23, CVE-2026-93616 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in checkpoint Quantum Security Management, CVSS v3.1 9.8, EPSS 2.4% (83.4th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-09-22), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2026-09-25. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 3 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2026-93616, most recently “Check Point Security Gateway VPN Pre-Auth RCE (CVE-2026-85102) and Management Path Traversal Zero-Day (CVE-2026-93616) Actively Exploited”.
Last updated: 2026-09-23
What is CVE-2026-93616?
A directory traversal and file upload vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload and execute arbitrary scripts on Check Point Management Server.
The record classifies CVE-2026-93616 under weakness class CWE-22. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 5 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 9.8 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.4% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Listed since 2026-09-22, federal remediation deadline 2026-09-25
- Threadlinqs priority
- 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
- Published
- 2026-09-22, last modified 2026-09-23
Is CVE-2026-93616 being exploited?
CISA added CVE-2026-93616 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-09-22, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2026-09-25 under BOD 22-01. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2026-93616 is publicly available. 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 68 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- checkpoint: Quantum Security Management
How to fix CVE-2026-93616
The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2026-93616. Patch reference: https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk1000171. Vendor advisory: https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk1000171. Because CVE-2026-93616 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2026-09-25. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-93616
3 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2026-93616, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
- Check Point Security Gateway VPN Pre-Auth RCE (CVE-2026-85102) and Management Path Traversal Zero-Day (CVE-2026-93616) Actively Exploited — CRITICAL · 2026-09-26
- CISA Adds Four Actively Exploited KEVs: Check Point Gateway/Management RCE Flaws, Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator Auth Bypass, F5 BIG-IP APM Heap Overflow — CRITICAL · 2026-09-26
- Check Point Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Path Traversal in Management Server (CVE-2026-93616) — CRITICAL · 2026-09-22
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Other references
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