CVE-2026-123039 PUBLISHED

Local privilege escalation to root in the DynamicCLI daemon via local world-writable control socket

Assigner: checkpoint
Reserved: 05.11.2026 Published: 12.11.2026 Updated: 12.11.2026

The Gaia OS DynamicCLI daemon runs as root and listens on a world-writable local socket (/tmp/dynamic_socket) without authenticating connecting processes. An authenticated local user can send a command to the socket and have it executed as root.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.8

Product Status

Vendor checkpoint
Product Quantum Security Gateway
Versions
  • Version R82.10 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 50 or below is affected
  • Version R82.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 10 or below is affected
  • Version R82 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 130 or below is affected
  • Version R81.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 173 or below is affected
Vendor checkpoint
Product Quantum Security Management
Versions
  • Version R82.10 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 50 or below is affected
  • Version R82.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 10 or below is affected
  • Version R82 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 130 or below is affected
  • Version R81.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 173 or below is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization. CWE
  • CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CWE