CVE-2025-13532 (GCVE-0-2025-13532)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-16 20:01 – Updated: 2025-12-16 20:23
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Title
Weak Password Hash in Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)
Summary
Insecure defaults in the Server Agent component of Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) can result in the selection of weak password hash algorithms.  This issue affects BoKS Server Agent 9.0 instances that support yescrypt and are running in a BoKS 8.1 domain.
Severity ?
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-916 - Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort
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Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) Affected: This issue affects BoKS Server Agent 9.0 instances that support yescrypt and are running in a BoKS 8.1 domain. The affected platforms are: Debian 11, 12, 13, RedHat 9, 10 and Ubuntu 24.
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