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title: "CVE-2026-79898: Fortra BoKS Manager - Command Injection"
description: "Fortra BoKS Manager contains a command injection caused by shell command substitution in crlserver, letting authenticated users with CRL URL addition privileges execute commands as root, exploit requires user authentication with specific privileges."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-79898/
---

# CVE-2026-79898 Fortra BoKS Manager - Command Injection

Fortra BoKS Manager contains a command injection caused by shell command substitution in crlserver, letting authenticated users with CRL URL addition privileges execute commands as root, exploit requires user authentication with specific privileges.

CVSS base score 9.1 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.98% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79898)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

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

Published

1 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-78](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html)

## 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79898](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79898)
- [https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-015](https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-015)

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