CVE-2026-12164: Privilege Escalation in Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-06-23 · updated 2026-10-25
Weakness: CWE-266

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.

Affected products

Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM): before 9.4.0 — fixed in 9.4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortra File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) 9.4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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