Disclosure 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 daemon is normally restarted automatically, repeated requests can sustain the service interruption.
Source-reported weakness categories
CWE-125
Source-specific records & product guidance
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NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2026-79896
Open original source · Updated Oct 01, 2026
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Original records & references
PUBLISHED 2026-10-01T12:17:59-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-01T16:34:26-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-06T11:45:14-04:00