CVE-2026-9862 (GCVE-0-2026-9862)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-15 15:10
Modified
2026-06-15 16:09
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Summary
Fortra's  Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the boks_autoregisterd service. A remote attacker with network access to the service may be able to cause commands to be executed with the privileges of the service during the autoregistration processing.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) Version: boks-server 8.1.0.0   <
Version: boks-server 9.0.0.0   <
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