CVE-2026-12164 (GCVE-0-2026-12164)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-23 22:15 – Updated: 2026-06-24 13:15
VLAI
Title
Privilege Escalation in Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)
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.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect privilege assignment
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) Affected: 0 , < 9.4.0 (semver)
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