CVE-2026-79896Fortra BoKS Manager boks_portmux TLS ClientHello out-of-bounds read vulnerability
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, higher than 24% of scored CVEs.
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Fortra BoKS Manager contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the custom TLS ClientHello parser used by boks_portmux. A remote unauthenticated attacker can submit a malformed ClientHello and terminate boks_portmux. Although the daemon is normally restarted automatically, repeated requests can sustain the service interruption.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-125
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.33% (percentile 24)
- Assigned by
- Fortra
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 1, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Fortra BoKS Manager fortra:boks_manager (from the name) | from 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.0.23; from 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.6 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-016
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