CVE-2026-12164

MEDIUM

Privilege Escalation in Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)

Title source: cna

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

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

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 1.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-266

Status published

Products (2)

Fortra/File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) < 9.4.0

fortra/file_integrity_monitoring < 9.4.0

Published Jun 23, 2026

Tracked Since Jun 24, 2026