CVE-2025-5141VulnerabilityPublished 17 Jun 2025Updated 29 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-5141: Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) · Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information

Affects Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.5Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 3% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

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

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

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., tricking a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 17 Jun 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)	Affected =0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-5141, European organizations should: 1) Immediately identify and inventory all deployments of Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) across Linux, AIX, and Solaris environments. 2) Apply the latest patches or hotfixes provided by Fortra, specifically hotfix #0474 for legacy tar installs and updates for the affected versions as soon as they become available. 3) Restrict local access to systems running BoKS Server Agent to only trusted administrators and use strong access controls and monitoring to detect unauthorized local access attempts. 4) Implement additional host-based security controls such as file integrity monitoring and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions to detect suspicious activities related to cache dumping. 5) Review and harden the configuration of BoKS to minimize caching of sensitive information where possible, and ensure that cache data is encrypted or protected with strict permissions. 6) Conduct regular audits of privileged access logs to detect anomalies that may indicate exploitation attempts. 7) Educate system administrators and security teams about this vulnerability and the importance of local access controls. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on local access restrictions, patch management specific to the affected versions, and enhanced monitoring tailored to the nature of the vulnerability.

Description

A binary in the BoKS Server Agent component of Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) on versions 7.2.0 (up to 7.2.0.17), 8.1.0 (up to 8.1.0.22), 8.1.1 (up to 8.1.1.7), 9.0.0 (up to 9.0.0.1) and also legacy tar installs of BoKS 7.2 without hotfix #0474 on Linux, AIX, and Solaris allows low privilege local users to dump data from the cache.

Impact

For European organizations, the impact of CVE-2025-5141 can be significant, especially for those relying on Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) to secure privileged credentials and access controls. The ability for low-privilege local users to extract sensitive cached data could lead to unauthorized disclosure of privileged credentials or session information. This can facilitate lateral movement within networks, privilege escalation, and compromise of critical systems. Given that privileged access managers are central to enforcing least privilege and auditing access, this vulnerability could weaken an organization's overall security posture and increase the risk of insider threats or attacks by compromised local accounts. The impact is particularly critical in regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, and government sectors prevalent in Europe, where privileged access management is mandated for compliance with GDPR, NIS Directive, and other regulations. The lack of impact on integrity and availability reduces the risk of direct system disruption but does not diminish the confidentiality risks, which can lead to data breaches and regulatory penalties.

CWE-524Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information (opens in a new tab)
Base weakness
The code uses a cache that contains sensitive information, but the cache can be read by an actor outside of the intended control sphere.
Architecture and Design
Protect information stored in cache.
Architecture and Design
Do not store unnecessarily sensitive information in the cache.
Architecture and Design
Consider using encryption in the cache.
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V8.1.1 (opens in a new tab)
V8.1.2 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Lifting Sensitive Data Embedded in Cache (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2025-008 (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 30 Aug 2025, 00:35 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-524

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