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CVE-2026-9862

Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the boks_autoregisterd service.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.99%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.99% probability · 61th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
fortra/core privileged access manager server
Source
df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ff

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.