CVE
Check Point Scalable Platforms sync protection bypass in NAT rules
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- See vendor advisory
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
- Last modified
- Whether it needs action now or is a reference record, by fixed rules, with why. Last checked is when cve.now last re-read it.What do these mean? →
- Reference
- Last checked
- FIRST's estimate of the chance attackers exploit it in the next 30 days, updated daily.What do these mean? →
- 8.38% · 95th percentile
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 12/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- 1 proof of concept on GitHub
Summary
Scalable Platforms (ElasticXL, Maestro, Chassis) are affected. An attacker who already has administrator access with permission to edit and install Access Control Policy and NAT rules can reach the bug over the network and use a NAT rule to redirect traffic to the Gateway's Sync interface, bypassing the built-in Sync protection, which could let them run operating system commands and write files on the Gateway with superuser privileges.
Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.
Read the original description
On Scalable Platforms, an administrator with permissions to edit and install the Access Control Policy and NAT rules can create a NAT rule that redirects traffic to the Gateway's Sync interface, bypassing the built-in Sync protection. This could allow the administrator to execute operating system commands and write files on the Gateway with superuser privileges.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure3/25Reachable over the network · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity3.8/10CVSS 3.8
- No patch5/5No fixed version listed; see vendor advisory
What would change the score
- Would score about 67 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 62 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 31 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
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What cve.now has for CVE-2026-120490 (entry last updated 2026-11-12):
Affected:
- checkpoint Scalable Platforms (ElasticXL, Maestro, Chassis): version range not reported
Fixed versions: none listed yet.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-120490 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
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Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk1000364
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Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120490
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- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- checkpoint Scalable Platforms (ElasticXL, Maestro, Chassis)
Version range not reported
Evidence 4
Vendor advisory · 1
Establishes: Affected and fixed versions.
- Link
CVE record · 2
Establishes: The identifier and description.
- Record
- Record
Public exploit code · 1
Establishes: Public exploit code exists (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei and GitHub).
- Exploit
Corrections
None so far.
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