Threats / Check Point / CVE-2024-24919
CVE-2024-24919
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Verified 2026-08-04
Check Point Quantum Security Gateways vulnerability
Check Point Quantum Security Gateways contain an information disclosure vulnerability affecting internet-connected instances with IPSec VPN, Remote Access VPN, or Mobile Access enabled.
Verdict
Today item, not a backlog item.
An unauthenticated attacker can extract sensitive information from affected Quantum Security Gateways. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and associated with ransomware campaigns, posing critical risk to organizations relying on these gateways for network security.
CISA KEV Yes · 2024-05-305Ransomware use Flagged5EPSS 0.99978 (verify live)6Exploit Public PoC7CVSS 8.63CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Impact: partial4
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Public proof-of-concept exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
695 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-05-30), flagged for known ransomware use.
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.99978 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 8.6 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N) · Affected: Check Point, Quantum Security Gateways. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.CVSS — CNA-assigned (CVE.org), version 3.1, set at disclosure.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-200 Information Exposure — weakness family: Authorization / access control.CWE — CNA-assigned (CVE.org); the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
CISA SSVC (triage disposition)
Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialCISA's own stakeholder-specific triage inputs, published in the CVE record (CISA Coordinator role). NOTE: this is CISA's three decision points; the final Act/Attend/Track decision also requires a Mission & Well-being input not published here, so no overall decision is asserted.
Currency of the record
CISA added this to its KEV catalog 2 days after the CVE record was published.KEV lag = CISA-KEV dateAdded − CVE.org datePublished; a floor on how long the known-exploited flaw sat in the public record before the federal catalog listed it. Severity/weakness here is CNA- or CISA-assigned (current at disclosure), independent of NVD's analysis backlog.
Public exploit available
Public exploit tooling is catalogued for this CVE (a public proof-of-concept / detection template). Catalog entries: Metasploit module, nuclei template. We link the catalog page(s) only — no payload or code is hosted or restated here.Link, never host — the catalog page is the source; basicsecurity.net does not redistribute payloads.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I identify internet-exposed Check Point Quantum Security Gateways with VPN services enabled by scanning for characteristic network signatures.
Business
Attackers gain initial reconnaissance data about network architecture, VPN configurations, and security posture without authentication.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I exploit the information disclosure flaw to extract sensitive data such as configuration details, credentials, or internal network information from the gateway.
Business
Confidential security configurations and potentially authentication material are compromised, enabling lateral movement and deeper network penetration.
3
Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I leverage disclosed information to establish unauthorized access or pivot to connected internal systems and resources.
Business
The gateway's role as a security perimeter is neutralized, allowing attackers to breach the network boundary and access critical assets.
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Data at risk — exfiltration narrative 4
Attacker
I deploy ransomware payloads across the compromised network infrastructure using the gateway as an entry point.
Business
Operations are disrupted by widespread encryption of data and systems, with attackers demanding ransom for recovery and data non-disclosure.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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Coverage & confidence
— what we know, and what we don’tEstablished (cited)
Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden
Disclosure & credit2
Catalogued by checkpointCNA
Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.