[ CVE-2026-79896 · Published 1 Oct 2026 ]
Vulnerability in Fortra BoKS Manager
CVSS 7.5
EPSS <1%No fix listed yet
[ Description ]Official description
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.
[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches
No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.