Privilege Escalation in Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)
Priority LOW 19CWE-266Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00145 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) (Fortra): 9.4.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) (Fortra) Fixed in 9.4.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-12164
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3x8g-cjc2-45qp
References
More Fortra File Integrity Monitoring vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-10466 Stored XSS in Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-12164 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-12164 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3x8g-cjc2-45qp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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