CVE-2026-9862: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)
Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) contains a critical OS command injection vulnerability in the boks_autoregisterd service. A remote attacker with network access to this service may execute arbitrary commands with the service's privileges during autoregistration processing. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a critical severity level. No affected versions or patches have been explicitly stated. No known exploits in the wild have been reported as of the publication date.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-9862 is an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) in Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS), specifically in the boks_autoregisterd service. The flaw allows a remote attacker with network access to execute arbitrary OS commands with the privileges of the service during the autoregistration process. The vulnerability is rated critical with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available, and no affected versions are specified.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to complete compromise of the affected service, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with the service's privileges. This can result in full confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss of the system running the vulnerable service.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict network access to the boks_autoregisterd service to trusted hosts only and monitor for unusual activity related to autoregistration processing.
CVE-2026-9862: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)
Description
Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) contains a critical OS command injection vulnerability in the boks_autoregisterd service. A remote attacker with network access to this service may execute arbitrary commands with the service's privileges during autoregistration processing. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a critical severity level. No affected versions or patches have been explicitly stated. No known exploits in the wild have been reported as of the publication date.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-9862 is an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) in Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS), specifically in the boks_autoregisterd service. The flaw allows a remote attacker with network access to execute arbitrary OS commands with the privileges of the service during the autoregistration process. The vulnerability is rated critical with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available, and no affected versions are specified.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to complete compromise of the affected service, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with the service's privileges. This can result in full confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss of the system running the vulnerable service.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict network access to the boks_autoregisterd service to trusted hosts only and monitor for unusual activity related to autoregistration processing.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Fortra
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-28T16:37:50.792Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a3021a40b89be688846b9b8
Added to database: 6/15/2026, 4:00:36 PM
Last enriched: 6/15/2026, 4:15:13 PM
Last updated: 6/15/2026, 5:02:26 PM
Views: 3
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