Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) autoregistration stack buffer overflow vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-12627
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerFortra
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-10-01 16:17:40 UTC
Updated2026-10-01 20:34:26 UTC
DescriptionFortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in boks_autoregisterd. A remote attacker with network access to the autoregistration service may be able to trigger memory corruption during client response processing.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ff

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-121 | CWE-121 CWE-121 Stack-based buffer overflow

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ffSecondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Fortra Fortras Core Privileged Access Manager BoKS affected 8.1.0.0 8.1.0.23 custom Not specified
CNA Fortra Fortras Core Privileged Access Manager BoKS affected 9.0.0.0 9.0.0.6 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-017 df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ff www.fortra.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: Upgrade to boks-server 8.1.0.24 or 9.0.0.7.

Workarounds

CNA: Restrict network access to boks_autoregisterd, which listens on port 6507 by default. If autoregistration is not required, disable the boks_autoregisterd service until fixed builds are installed.

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