Vulnerability · Published Jun 17, 2025 · Assigned by Fortra

CVE-2025-5141Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) Leakage of Sensitive Data via the Cache

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) from Fortra. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A binary in the BoKS Server Agent component of Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) on versions 7.2.0 (up to 7.2.0.17), 8.1.0 (up to 8.1.0.22), 8.1.1 (up to 8.1.1.7), 9.0.0 (up to 9.0.0.1) and also legacy tar installs of BoKS 7.2 without hotfix #0474 on Linux, AIX, and Solaris allows low privilege local users to dump data from the cache.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) 0 – through 7.2.0.170 – through 8.1.0.220 – through 8.1.1.70 – through 9.0.0.1

Weakness: CWE-524 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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