CVE-2026-79899
Fortra BoKS Manager contains an insecure temporary file vulnerability in bccgethostcert
- Risk score
- 47/100
- CVSS
- 7.9 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.1%
- Published
- 1 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- Fortra BoKS Manager contains an insecure temporary file vulnerability in bccgethostcert. The utility creates predictable temporary files without first setting a restrictive umask. A local user on the BoKS Master who can read files under BOKS_tmp may be able to obtain CA secret or host private-key material while the ut…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.9 high
References
Original description
Fortra BoKS Manager contains an insecure temporary file vulnerability in bccgethostcert. The utility creates predictable temporary files without first setting a restrictive umask. A local user on the BoKS Master who can read files under BOKS_tmp may be able to obtain CA secret or host private-key material while the utility runs, or obtain CA secret material left behind after successful certificate creation.
Last activity 1 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.