VulnerabilityAwaiting Analysis

CVE-2026-48132

As a result, a specially crafted or malformed packet can cause the VPN processing service to terminate unexpectedly, leading to denial of service (temporary interruption of VPN negotiations/traffic).

HIGH 8.1EPSS 2.14%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The Security Gateway does not correctly validate a length value in certain IKE packets when NAT-T is used (4500/UDP). As a result, a specially crafted or malformed packet can cause the VPN processing service to terminate unexpectedly, leading to denial of service (temporary interruption of VPN negotiations/traffic).

CVSS 3.1: 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 2.14% probability · 81th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-125
Source: cve@checkpoint.com

References

https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk184982

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.