{"id":"CVE-2026-79901","published":"2026-10-01T13:52:27Z","modified":"2026-10-01T14:43:07Z","title":"Predictable Active Directory service-account passwords in BoKS Manager","vendor":"Fortra","product":"BoKS Manager boks-server","tier":"tail","description":{"text":"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.","provenance":"source","from":"CVE.org"},"cvss":{"score":9.9,"severity":"CRITICAL","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","provenance":"source","from":"CVE.org CNA"},"epss":{"score":0.00271,"percentile":0.19363,"provenance":"source"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-338","name":"Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-012","tags":[]}],"priority":{"score":10.8,"factors":[{"name":"EPSS percentile","points":3.87},{"name":"CVSS severity","points":6.93}]},"vendorSlug":"fortra","affectedVersions":[{"vendor":"Fortra","product":"BoKS Manager boks-server","versions":["< 9.0.0.6"]}],"euvd":{"id":"EUVD-2026-90848","exploited":false,"provenance":"source"}}