# Directory Traversal and File upload allows execution of arbitrary script on the Management Server

CVE record · `CVE-2026-93616`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-93616`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.8 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: KEV, CVSS 9+, CVSS 7+ and EPSS
- **CNA:** checkpoint
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-22](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html)
- **Tags:** [Path traversal](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/path-traversal.md)
- **Technologies:** [checkpoint Quantum Security Management](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/checkpoint-quantum-security-management.md)
- **Published:** 22 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 23 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: checkpoint) at 22 Sept 2026, 12:59 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 22 Sept 2026: it is known to be exploited.
- CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.
- CVSS score 9.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.92 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: checkpoint. Product: Quantum Security Management.
  - affected: `R82.20 with no Jumbo Hotfix`
  - affected: `R82.10 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 44 or below`
  - affected: `R82 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 126 or below`
  - affected: `R81.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 166 or below`
  - affected: `R81.10 (EOS) with Jumbo Hotfix Take 190 or below`
  - affected: `R81 (EOS)`
  - affected: `R80.40 (EOS)`
  - affected: `R80.30 (EOS)`
  - affected: `R80.20 (EOS)`
  - affected: `R80.10 (EOS)`
  - affected: `R80 (EOS)`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.8 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (checkpoint)

- **CISA KEV:** Listed since 22 Sept 2026: known to be exploited.
- **EPSS:** 0.92, the 99th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 22 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-93616](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93616)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-93616](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93616)

### References from the CNA

- <https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk1000171>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-93616>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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