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CVE-2026-123039

high

Description

The Gaia OS DynamicCLI daemon runs as root and listens on a world-writable local socket (/tmp/dynamic_socket) without authenticating connecting processes. An authenticated local user can send a command to the socket and have it executed as root.

References

https://www.securityweek.com/php2shell-exploited-in-destructive-check-point-gateway-attacks/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/check-point-patches-zero-day-that-lets-hackers-get-root-access/

https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/hackers-exploit-php2shell-flaws-in.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/check-point-gateways-hacked-via-php2shell-to-deploy-vmware-esxi-wiper/

https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/php2shell-exploitation-on-check-point-gateway/

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-123039

https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk1000362

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-124481

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-12

Updated: 2026-11-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01274

Vulnerability Watch

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