CVE-2026-9862 (GCVE-0-2026-9862)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-15 15:10 – Updated: 2026-06-15 16:09
VLAI?
Title
Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) autoregistration service command injection vulnerability
Summary
Fortra's  Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the boks_autoregisterd service. A remote attacker with network access to the service may be able to cause commands to be executed with the privileges of the service during the autoregistration processing.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) Affected: boks-server 8.1.0.0 , ≤ boks-server 8.1.0.22 (custom)
Affected: boks-server 9.0.0.0 , ≤ boks-server 9.0.0.4 (custom)
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Fortra internal security assessment
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