Fortra patches critical BoKS authentication bypass flaws

· Cybersecurity

Fortra released patches for critical vulnerabilities in its BoKS privileged access management product. The bugs could allow authentication bypass, shell command execution and memory corruption.

Why it matters：BoKS governs privileged access in large enterprises, so flaws enabling authentication bypass can hand attackers high-level control over critical systems.

Key points

  • The affected product is Fortra's BoKS privileged access management software.
  • Potential impacts include authentication bypass and shell command execution.
  • Memory corruption was also cited among the vulnerability effects.

Sources (original reporting)

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