# CVE-2026-123039: Local privilege escalation to root in the DynamicCLI daemon via local world-writable control socket

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-12. Updated: 2026-11-12.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- checkpoint / Quantum Security Gateway: R82.10 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 50 or below (affected); R82.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 10 or below (affected); R82 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 130 or below (affected); R81.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 173 or below (affected). Source: CNA: checkpoint
- checkpoint / Quantum Security Management: R82.10 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 50 or below (affected); R82.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 10 or below (affected); R82 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 130 or below (affected); R81.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 173 or below (affected). Source: CNA: checkpoint

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.8 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: checkpoint

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-862, CWE-732

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk1000362 (CNA: checkpoint)

## Provenance

- CNA: checkpoint: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123039; retrieved 2026-11-12; source updated 2026-11-12

Revision: 0f0f59890011179d6dd9ff072b1d3f9436de1f98d035e501b5cdcd1c06105bab

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-123039

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