CVE-2026-79901

Service-account password recovery via timestamp-seeded generation

Published Oct 1, 2026 · Updated Oct 1, 2026

Predictable passwords in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) before 9.0.0.6 allow attackers to recover AD service credentials. The boks_keytabmd keytab-management process seeds its pseudo-random password sequence with the current Unix timestamp rather than unpredictable entropy. Exploitation requires knowledge of the service principal and an estimate of the password-change time so that a limited candidate set can be tested offline.

CVSS severityUnavailable
Unscored
EPSS probability0.27%
Next 30 days · Oct 19, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Predictable passwords in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) before 9.0.0.6 allow attackers to recover AD service credentials. The boks_keytabmd keytab-management process seeds its pseudo-random password sequence with the current Unix timestamp rather than unpredictable entropy. Exploitation requires knowledge of the service principal and an estimate of the password-change time so that a limited candidate set can be tested offline.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-79901
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Updated
Oct 1, 2026
Vendor
Fortra
Product
Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)
Classifications
T1110.002
Attack vector
Unavailable
Privileges
Unavailable

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 1, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 1, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <9.0.0.6

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorUnavailable in this record.
Required privilegesUnavailable in this record.

What is affected?

Fortra · Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)version=0 <9.0.0.6

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Attacks

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Sep 22, 2026Sep 28, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 28, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
VectorUnavailable
PrivilegesUnavailable
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

T1110.002Password Cracking

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