CVE-2026-50752

Certificate Validation Bypass in VPN Site-to-Site Connections Using IKEv1

HIGH
7.4
CVSS Score
Published: June 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: July 23, 2026 at 07:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorQuantum Security GatewayQuantum Spark

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Severity
HIGH7.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A weakness in the certificate validation logic of the deprecated IKEv1 key exchange may allow an unauthenticated attacker positioned as a man-in-the-middle to bypass certificate validation in VPN site-to-site connections that use certificate-based authentication. Successful exploitation could allow interception or modification of traffic traversing the VPN tunnel.

Affected

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.4HIGHcheckpoint
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-295

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