High severity · published Oct 1, 2026
CVE-2026-79896
Fortra BoKS Manager boks_portmux TLS ClientHello out-of-bounds read vulnerability
7.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BM
BoKS Manager · Fortra
8.1.0.0 through 8.1.0.23; 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79896
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79896
www.fortra.com
https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-016
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