CVE-2026-79896 Fortra BoKS Manager - Denial of Service

Fortra BoKS Manager contains an out-of-bounds read caused by a malformed TLS ClientHello in boks_portmux, letting remote unauthenticated attackers cause service interruption, exploit requires no special privileges.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.33% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Denial of Service
Impact
Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
1 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-125

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with the vulnerability fixed.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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