Fortra BoKS Manager boks_portmux TLS ClientHello out-of-bounds read vulnerability
Historical advisory recorded 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC. Read the latest advisory.
cve-program · CVE-2026-79896
PublishedFortra BoKS Manager contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the custom TLS ClientHello parser used by boks_portmux. A remote unauthenticated attacker can submit a malformed ClientHello and terminate boks_portmux. Although the daemon is normally restarted automatically, repeated requests can sustain the service interruption.
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CVE-2026-79896 · CVE overview and exploitation status
cve-program · CVE-2026-79896
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