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Check Point patches actively exploited gateway and management-server flaws
Attackers were exploiting critical flaws in security infrastructure itself, including a pre-authentication path into systems meant to protect enterprise networks.
Check Point disclosed active exploitation of critical vulnerabilities affecting Security Gateways and management servers, including a pre-authentication remote-code-execution path.
The company released fixes and urged customers to update affected systems.
Why it matters
Security appliances occupy privileged positions at network boundaries. When attackers compromise the defensive layer itself, they can potentially bypass controls, observe traffic or use trusted infrastructure as a foothold deeper inside the environment.
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