Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-79899 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-79899 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-79899?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.9, published 1 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Fortra BoKS Manager.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-79899?
- 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-2026-79899 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a hosted service.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-79899?
- 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
The bccgethostcert utility in BoKS Manager creates temporary files without first restricting the umask, resulting in predictable file paths and world-readable permissions. A local attacker on the BoKS Master system can read these temporary files to extract sensitive CA secret material and host private keys while the utility executes or intercept residual key material left on disk after certificate creation.
Affected products
- Fortra BoKS Manager
Timeline
- 2026-10-01: disclosed