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Cisco's firewall management tool shipped with a hidden login — and attackers found it first

CVE-2026-20316 is a static-credential bug in Secure FMC that's already on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, with a federal patch deadline of August 1.

Priya Nair · Aug 5 · 6 min

Check Point SmartConsole security management interface on a monitor

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Check Point sells firewalls for a living. hackers got admin on it before there was a patch

A broken identity check let attackers skip the login screen entirely — and Check Point found out because someone was already inside.

Priya Nair · Aug 1 · 6 min