CVE-2026-9862 is a critical-severity vulnerability (CVSS 9.8).
Summary
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.
Remediation
Apply the vendor’s update during your next patch window and verify exposure. Patch-management tools that can deploy and verify the fix include Action1, Automox, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, ManageEngine Endpoint Central. See our best patch management ranking.