Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager up to 7.2.0.17/8.1.0.22/8.1.1.7/9.0.0.1 on Linux BoKS Server Agent cache containing sensitive information

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager up to 7.2.0.17/8.1.0.22/8.1.1.7/9.0.0.1 on Linux. This affects an unknown function of the component BoKS Server Agent. The manipulation leads to use of cache containing sensitive information. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-5141. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager up to 7.2.0.17/8.1.0.22/8.1.1.7/9.0.0.1 on Linux. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component BoKS Server Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use of cache containing sensitive information vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-524. The code uses a cache that contains sensitive information, but the cache can be read by an actor outside of the intended control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A binary in the BoKS Server Agent component of Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) on versions 7.2.0 (up to 7.2.0.17), 8.1.0 (up to 8.1.0.22), 8.1.1 (up to 8.1.1.7), 9.0.0 (up to 9.0.0.1) and also legacy tar installs of BoKS 7.2 without hotfix #0474 on Linux, AIX, and Solaris allows low privilege local users to dump data from the cache.

The weakness was published by Ing Hubs Poland. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-5141 since 05/23/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Access Management Software

Vendor

• Fortra

Name

• Core Privileged Access Manager

Version

• 7.2.0.0
• 7.2.0.1
• 7.2.0.2
• 7.2.0.3
• 7.2.0.4
• 7.2.0.5
• 7.2.0.6
• 7.2.0.7
• 7.2.0.8
• 7.2.0.9
• 7.2.0.10
• 7.2.0.11
• 7.2.0.12
• 7.2.0.13
• 7.2.0.14
• 7.2.0.15
• 7.2.0.16
• 7.2.0.17
• 8.1.0.0
• 8.1.0.1
• 8.1.0.2
• 8.1.0.3
• 8.1.0.4
• 8.1.0.5
• 8.1.0.6
• 8.1.0.7
• 8.1.0.8
• 8.1.0.9
• 8.1.0.10
• 8.1.0.11
• 8.1.0.12
• 8.1.0.13
• 8.1.0.14
• 8.1.0.15
• 8.1.0.16
• 8.1.0.17
• 8.1.0.18
• 8.1.0.19
• 8.1.0.20
• 8.1.0.21
• 8.1.0.22
• 8.1.1.0
• 8.1.1.1
• 8.1.1.2
• 8.1.1.3
• 8.1.1.4
• 8.1.1.5
• 8.1.1.6
• 8.1.1.7
• 9.0.0.0
• 9.0.0.1

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