Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-79898 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-79898 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-79898?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.1, published 1 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Fortra BoKS Manager.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-79898?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-79898 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-79898?
- Check whether you run Fortra BoKS Manager. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A command injection vulnerability exists in the crlserver component of BoKS Manager where user-supplied CRL URLs are processed without sufficient sanitization, allowing shell metacharacter interpretation. An authenticated user with CRL URL add privileges can inject arbitrary commands that execute as root via BCC (web console), WSI (REST/SOAP APIs), or cacrl CLI. The vulnerability requires valid authentication but does not require local system access when exploited through the network-facing BCC or WSI interfaces.
Affected products
- Fortra BoKS Manager
Timeline
- 2026-10-01: disclosed