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Zero-day flaw in Check Point SmartConsole is under exploitation | Cybersecurity Dive

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24 July 2026

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Fusion42 · 24 July 2026 · Fusion42 review

Check Point SmartConsole, a widely-deployed security management platform, contains an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability that allows attackers to modify critical security configurations. The flaw affects organisations relying on Check Point for centralised threat management.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cybersecurity. Wire is Fusion42's founder-focused intelligence feed: each story is connected to the funds and startups it names — every one with a live profile on Raise or Scout — so founders can follow the capital and the momentum behind the headline rather than just the headline itself. Wire analysis is one of the live surfaces Arthur reasons over.

◆ The Wire takeaway

If you sell detection or response tools to security teams, Check Point's installed base just became your immediate sales vector - every customer running SmartConsole needs either a patch confirmation workflow or an alternative management layer. Call them this week before they call a systems integrator.

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