Medium severity · published Jun 23, 2026
CVE-2026-12164
Privilege Escalation in Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)
4.4
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM), formerly Tripwire Enterprise, versions prior to 9.4.0 may assign incorrect or elevated effective permissions to users created by the tetool import command while FIM is running, particularly when the import also creates or changes roles or role-permission relationships.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) · Fortra
before 9.4.0 · source: vendor
FI
File Integrity Monitoring · Fortra
before 9.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12164
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12164
Vendor Advisory
https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-010
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