CVE-2026-79901
Predictable Active Directory service-account passwords in BoKS Manager
CVSS Score
9.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-338 |
| Vendor | fortra |
| Product | boks manager boks-server |
| Published | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Oct 1, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
Fortra / BoKS Manager boks-server
0 < 9.0.0.6