Local user may lead to privilege escalation using Gaia Portal hostnames page.

published 2023-07-26 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-31841

cvss: 7.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 20.9%; EPSS 20.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

checkpoint gaia_portal take14, take82, take198

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-08-23)

Exploit prediction

20.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

pentests.nl https://pentests.nl/pentest-blog/cve-2023-28130-command-injection-in-check-point-gaia-portal/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

n/a Quantum Appliances, Quantum Security Gateways
checkpoint gaia_portal

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

pentests.nl /pentest-blog/cve-2023-28130-command-injection-in-check-point-gaia-portal/
exploit, third-party-advisory
support.checkpoint.com /results/sk/sk181311
vendor-advisory
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43
not-applicable
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/4
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
packetstormsecurity.com /files/173918/Checkpoint-Gaia-Portal-R81.10-Remote-Command-Execution.html
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-28130
NVD CVE-2023-28130

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Summary