# CVE-2026-9862 — Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)

> As of 2026-06-15, CVE-2026-9862 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS), CVSS v3.1 9.8, EPSS 1.4% (73.1th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 2 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2026-9862, most recently “Fortra Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in BoKS Privileged Access Manager (CVE-2026-79901, CVE-2026-79898, CVE-2026-12627)”.

**Last updated:** 2026-06-15

## What is CVE-2026-9862?

Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the boks_autoregisterd service. A remote attacker with network access to the service may be able to cause commands to be executed with the privileges of the service during the autoregistration processing.

The record classifies CVE-2026-9862 under weakness class [CWE-78](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-78). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 130 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 9.8 — CRITICAL (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.1% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 7.8/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-06-15

## Is CVE-2026-9862 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 24 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [Fortra](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/fortra): Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)

## How to fix CVE-2026-9862

Vendor advisory: [https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-007](https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-007). Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-9862

2 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2026-9862, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Fortra Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in BoKS Privileged Access Manager (CVE-2026-79901, CVE-2026-79898, CVE-2026-12627)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2854) — CRITICAL · 2026-10-03
- [CVE-2026-9862: Unauthenticated OS Command Injection in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) boks_autoregisterd](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-0885) — CRITICAL · 2026-06-20

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [fortra.com — vendor advisory](https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-007)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-9862
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-9862 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp