CVE-2026-9862
Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) autoregistration service command injection vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Fortra
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| FortraCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.99% · top 37% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Fortra · Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)
- affected boks-server 8.1.0.0 – ≤ boks-server 8.1.0.22
- affected boks-server 9.0.0.0 – ≤ boks-server 9.0.0.4
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to boks-server 8.1.0.23 or 9.0.0.5.
Workaround: Restrict network access to boks_autoregisterd, which listens on port 6507 by default, until fixed builds are deployed. Another workaround for both boks-server 8.1 and 9.0 is to disable the service in the boksinit configuration. On the BoKS Master, edit $BOKS_var/internal/boksinit/master and comment out the line `autoregisterd:300:1:0:respawn::$BOKS_lib/boks_autoregisterd -xn` by prefixing it with `#`; then make boks_init reread the file, for example by running `kill -HUP $(cat $BOKS_var/run/boks_init)`, or restart BoKS. This stops boks_autoregisterd and prevents it from being respawned; autoregistration is unavailable until the row is restored.
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Sources
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