Privilege Escalation in Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)

FI-2026-010 - Privilege Escalation in Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)

Severity
Medium
Published Date
23-Jun-2026
Updated Date
23-Jun-2026
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-12164
 
Notes
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.

 

Vulnerabilities

 
Privilege Escalation in Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)
Severity
Medium
CVE
CVE-2026-12164
CWE
CWE-266:Incorrect privilege assignment
Discovery Date
12-Jun-2026
CSSv3.1
4.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products
Vulnerability Notes
Remediation: Vendor Fix

Upgrade to version 9.4.0 or later.

 
References