CVE-2026-12164 json
Privilege Escalation in Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)
published 4mo ago modified 15d ago also EUVD-2026-38636
- cvss
- 4.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM), formerly Tripwire Enterprise, versions prior to 9.4.0 may assign incorrect or elevated effective permissions to users created by the tetool import command while FIM is running, particularly when the import also creates or changes roles or role-permission relationships.
Patch / fix
- Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) 9.4.0
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 4mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
References
-
fortra.com
/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-010
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-12164
- NVD CVE-2026-12164
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