{"id":"CVE-2026-79899","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-79899","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:12:52.453Z","title":"Fortra BoKS Manager contains an insecure temporary file vulnerability in bccgethostcert.","description":"Fortra BoKS Manager contains an insecure temporary file vulnerability in bccgethostcert. The utility creates predictable temporary files without first setting a restrictive umask. A local user on the BoKS Master who can read files under BOKS_tmp may be able to obtain CA secret or host private-key material while the utility runs, or obtain CA secret material left behind after successful certificate creation.","published":"2026-10-01T15:17:32.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-01T20:34:26.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ff","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.9,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-377"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00073,"percentile":0.00062,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-02","score":0.00073,"percentile":0.00056}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.07%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-01T15:17:32.000Z","detail":{"score":"7.9","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-01T15:17:31.773Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.9)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-014","source":"df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ff"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79899","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}