# CVE-2026-93616: Quantum Security Management - Path Traversal

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2026-93616 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2026-93616

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Insufficient Data. Not enough CrowdSec telemetry data is available to confidently assess how this vulnerability is exploited in the wild.
- **CVSS score:** 9.8
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Checkpoint Quantum Security Management
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))
- **Tags:** firewall, management_panel

## Description

A directory traversal and file upload vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload and execute arbitrary scripts on Check Point Management Server.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2026-93616](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2026-93616) is a critical directory traversal and file upload vulnerability in Check Point Quantum Security Management. It may allow unauthenticated attackers to upload and execute arbitrary scripts remotely on the Management Server, potentially compromising its confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 20th of October 2026.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2026-93616 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Observed probing targets the `/cpmws/UpgradeSvcRemote` SOAP endpoint with a `loginAsApplicationReadOnlyPublicSession` request. The request includes a crafted `targetVersion` value to identify the vulnerable Check Point Management service.

## Timeline

- 2026-09-22: CVE Published. CVE-2026-93616 is published to NVD.
- 2026-09-22: CISA KEV. CVE-2026-93616 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2026-09-25: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).
- 2026-10-20: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2026-93616 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2026-10-21: First exploitation attempt seen by CrowdSec

## References

- https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk1000171
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-93616.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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