Check Point patches actively exploited zero-day in Security Management Server

Check Point Software has issued emergency hotfixes for CVE-2026-93616, a critical path traversal vulnerability in its Security Management Server that lets unauthenticated attackers upload and run arbitrary scripts. The company confirmed the flaw is being actively exploited, with a handful of customers already compromised, and released a fix in R82.20 Security Hotfix covering Security Management Server, Multi-Domain Security Management Server, Log Server, Multi-Domain Log Server, and SmartEvent.