Fortra BoKS Manager up to 8.1.0.23/9.0.0.6 crlserver command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as very critical has been discovered in Fortra BoKS Manager up to 8.1.0.23/9.0.0.6. This affects an unknown part of the component crlserver. Such manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-79898. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fortra BoKS Manager up to 8.1.0.23/9.0.0.6 and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component crlserver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Fortra BoKS Manager contains a command injection vulnerability in crlserver. An authenticated user authorized to add CRL URLs through BCC, the WSI REST or SOAP API, or the cacrl command-line interface could cause shell command substitution to be processed by crlserver as root on the BoKS Master. BCC and WSI provide network-accessible administration paths and do not require a local sudo or suexec rule; non-root use of cacrl requires such a rule.

The advisory is shared for download at fortra.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-79898 since 08/25/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/01/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

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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Vendor

• Fortra

Name

• BoKS Manager

Version

• 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
• 8.1.0.23
• 9.0.0.0
• 9.0.0.1
• 9.0.0.2
• 9.0.0.3
• 9.0.0.4
• 9.0.0.5
• 9.0.0.6

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