CVE-2026-12164 PUBLISHED

Privilege Escalation in Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)

Assigner: Fortra
Reserved: 12.06.2026 Published: 23.06.2026 Updated: 24.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.4

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	High	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Fortra
Product	File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 9.4.0 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to version 9.4.0 or later.

References

https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-010

Problem Types

CWE-266 Incorrect privilege assignment CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation