OS Command Injection in Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) - CVE-2026-79898
Published: October 6, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU153305
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-79898
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary commands as root.
The vulnerability exists due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command in crlserver when processing CRL URLs. A remote privileged user can add a CRL URL containing shell command substitution through BCC, the WSI REST or SOAP API, or the cacrl command-line interface to execute arbitrary commands as root.
BCC and WSI provide network-accessible administration paths.
Affected software
Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-79898
Install security update from vendor's website.