CVE-2026-79896 (GCVE-0-2026-79896)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-01 15:09 – Updated: 2026-10-01 16:02
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Title
Fortra BoKS Manager boks_portmux TLS ClientHello out-of-bounds read vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-01 16:02 UTC
CWE
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Vendor Product Version
Fortra BoKS Manager Affected: 8.1.0.0 , ≤ 8.1.0.23 (custom)
Affected: 9.0.0.0 , ≤ 9.0.0.6 (custom)
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