CVE-2025-5141 Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) Leakage of Sensitive Data via the Cache
Low-privilege local users can dump sensitive data from the cache in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager, requiring patches to prevent information leakage.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-5141?
CVE-2025-5141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS), published on 17 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A binary in the BoKS Server Agent component of Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) on versions 7.2.0 (up to 7.2.0.17), 8.1.0 (up to 8.1.0.22), 8.1.1 (up to 8.1.1.7), 9.0.0 (up to 9.0.0.1) and also legacy tar installs of BoKS 7.2 without hotfix #0474 on Linux, AIX, and Solaris allows low privilege local users to dump data from the cache.
Weakness: CWE-524
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5141?
How do I fix CVE-2025-5141?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5141 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-5141 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5141 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x3hp-pwc8-rww8.