CVE-2026-79901Predictable Active Directory service-account passwords in BoKS Manager
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, higher than 17% of scored CVEs.
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In deployments using BoKS keytab management, affected versions of boks_keytabmd generate Active Directory service-account passwords from a predictable pseudo-random sequence seeded with the current Unix timestamp. An attacker who knows the service principal and can estimate the password-change time can reproduce a limited candidate set and verify candidates offline.
- CVSS
- 9.9 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-338
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.27% (percentile 17)
- Assigned by
- Fortra
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 1, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Fortra BoKS Manager boks-server fortra:boks_manager_boks_server (from the name) | before 9.0.0.6 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-012
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