CVE-2026-12627 Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) autoregistration stack buffer overflow vulnerability
Remote attackers can trigger a stack buffer overflow in the autoregistration service, potentially leading to code execution or denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-12627?
CVE-2026-12627 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS), published on 1 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in boks_autoregisterd. A remote attacker with network access to the autoregistration service may be able to trigger memory corruption during client response processing.
Weakness: CWE-121
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12627?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12627?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12627 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2026-12627 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12627 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q8pc-64j3-359r.