CVE-2026-9864Fortra BoKS Server Agent adjoin machine-account password generation vulnerability
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Fortra BoKS Server Agent contains a predictable password generation vulnerability in the adjoin utility. Machine-account passwords generated during Active Directory join or password renewal operations may have significantly less entropy than intended, making them more susceptible to prediction by an attacker who can estimate when the password was generated.
- CVSS
- 4.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-338
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Fortra
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 1, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) fortra:core_privileged_access_manager_boks (from the name) | from 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.0.29; from 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.5 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-018
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