CVE-2026-9862

Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) autoregistration service command injection vulnerability

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 15, 2026 at 03:10 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCore Privileged Access Manager Server

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

8.1.0.0 ≤ v < 8.1.0.239.0.0.0 ≤ v < 9.0.0.5boks-server 8.1.0.0boks-server 9.0.0.0
Affected range stops below 8.1.0.23, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.0.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

9.8CRITICALFortra
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-78

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