← Database

CVE-2026-79896

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2026-10-01 Modified: 2026-10-01

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.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-125

References