Fortra 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.
CVE-2026-79896
HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-10-01. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed
No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5HIGHhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 38EG Risk 38/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. - EPSS PROB
- 0.3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 23rd
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
October 1, 2026
Last Modified
October 1, 2026
References (1)
- df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ffhttps://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-016
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79896(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 14× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-10-04 07:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-03 19:48 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-03 19:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-03 08:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-02 20:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-02 20:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-02 08:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-01 20:41 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-01 20:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-01 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-01 15:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-01 15:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-79896?
CVE-2026-79896 is a high vulnerability published on October 1, 2026. Fortra BoKS Manager contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the custom TLS ClientHello parser used by boksportmux. A remote unauthenticated attacker can submit a malformed ClientHello and terminate boksportmux. Although the daemon is normally restarted automatically, repeated requests can…
When was CVE-2026-79896 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79896 was first published on October 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79896 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79896 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (23rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79896?
CVE-2026-79896 has a CVSS base score of 7.5 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79896?
No fix for CVE-2026-79896 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-79896 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.
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