CVE-2026-79900 (GCVE-0-2026-79900)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-01 14:11 – Updated: 2026-10-01 14:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Heap overflow in KSL checksum initialization
Summary
boks_ksllogsd accepts a checksum algorithm name in the MD field of an authenticated KSL start message. Affected releases verify that OpenSSL recognizes the digest name but do not verify that the value fits in a fixed 16-byte checksum context field before copying it. An authenticated KSL client can supply an oversized, OpenSSL-recognized digest name and write beyond the end of the heap allocation.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-01 14:41 UTC
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortra | BoKS Manager boks-server |
Affected:
0 , < 8.1.0.24
(semver)
Affected: 0 , < 9.0.0.7 (semver) |
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