Critical Check Point SmartConsole Flaw Exploited in the Wild to Bypass Authentication

**Executive Summary:** A critical authentication bypass (CVE-2026-16232, CVSS 9.3) in Check Point SmartConsole has been actively exploited against internet-exposed management interfaces, enabling impersonation of legitimate users and potential full administrative control; Check Point published related IOCs, affected versions, and recommends applying the jumbo hotfix and restricting management access.