CVE-2026-79901 (GCVE-0-2026-79901)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-01 13:52 – Updated: 2026-10-01 14:43
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Predictable Active Directory service-account passwords in BoKS Manager
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.
Severity
9.9 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-01 14:42 UTC
CWE
- CWE-338 - Use of cryptographically weak Pseudo-Random number generator (PRNG)
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortra | BoKS Manager boks-server |
Affected:
0 , < 9.0.0.6
(semver)
|
guessed |
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