authentication-bypass

Check Point SmartConsole CVE-2026-16232: Admin Bypass

By Editorial Team | July 27, 2026

Check Point SmartConsole CVE-2026-16232 is now on CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list: an unauthenticated attacker can forge a login token and get full administrator access to the console that manages an organization’s entire firewall fleet. Check Point patched it on July 22 and confirmed a handful of customers were already targeted. The federal remediation deadline…

Gitea Docker CVE-2026-20896 Auth Bypass

By Editorial Team | July 14, 2026

Gitea Docker CVE-2026-20896 is now under active exploitation: a single crafted HTTP header lets an unauthenticated attacker impersonate any user of a self-hosted Gitea instance — including an administrator — and walk away with private repositories and any secrets committed by mistake. What Happened Gitea’s official Docker image ships with REVERSE_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES=*. On deployments that also…