{"id":"CVE-2026-79896","title":"Fortra BoKS Manager contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the custom TLS ClientHello parser used by boks_portmux","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 dae…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-125"],"vendor":"Fortra","product":"BoKS Manager","affected":["boks_manager >= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.0.23","boks_manager >= 9.0.0.0 <= 9.0.0.6"],"published":"2026-10-01","updated":"2026-10-01","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-01T20:34:26.287","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79896","references":[{"url":"https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-016","label":"df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ff"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-01T16:02:42.850473Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-01T15:48:17.894Z","epss":0.00327,"epssPercentile":0.25679,"slug":"CVE-2026-79896","body":"## Overview\n\nFortra 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}