vuln-cve/data/2026/9xxx/CVE-2026-9862.json

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                    "value": "Restrict network access to boks_autoregisterd, which listens on port 6507 by default, until fixed builds are deployed. \n\n\n\nAnother workaround for both boks-server 8.1 and 9.0 is to disable the service in the boksinit configuration. On the BoKS Master, edit\n\n\n\n$BOKS_var/internal/boksinit/master \n\n\n\nand comment out the line \n\n\n\n`autoregisterd:300:1:0:respawn::$BOKS_lib/boks_autoregisterd -xn` \n\n\n\nby prefixing it with \n\n\n\n`#`; \n\n\n\nthen make boks_init reread the file, for example by running \n\n\n\n`kill -HUP $(cat $BOKS_var/run/boks_init)`, \n\n\n\nor restart BoKS. This stops boks_autoregisterd and prevents it from being respawned; autoregistration is unavailable until the row is restored.",
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