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TI-2026-55274 Aliases CVE-2026-79901GHSA-v6pf-6px3-6h92

Predictable Active Directory service-account passwords in BoKS Manager

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-338Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00271 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed BoKS Manager boks-server (Fortra): 9.0.0.6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
FortraBoKS Manager boks-serverbefore 9.0.0.69.0.0.6Patch availableCNA
  • BoKS Manager boks-server VendorFortra Affected before 9.0.0.6 Fixed in 9.0.0.6 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA BoKS Manager boks-server (Fortra) Fixed in 9.0.0.6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-79901
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v6pf-6px3-6h92

References

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