Check Point Scalable Platforms NAT Rule Creation privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Check Point Scalable Platforms. This affects an unknown part of the component NAT Rule Creation. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-120490. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Check Point Scalable Platforms (version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component NAT Rule Creation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

On Scalable Platforms, an administrator with permissions to edit and install the Access Control Policy and NAT rules can create a NAT rule that redirects traffic to the Gateway's Sync interface, bypassing the built-in Sync protection. This could allow the administrator to execute operating system commands and write files on the Gateway with superuser privileges.

The advisory is available at support.checkpoint.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-120490 since 11/02/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/12/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Check Point

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• Scalable Platforms

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.checkpoint.com/

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