{"id":"CVE-2026-79901","title":"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","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 t…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-338"],"vendor":"Fortra","product":"BoKS Manager boks-server","affected":["boks_manager_boks-server < 9.0.0.6"],"published":"2026-10-01","updated":"2026-10-01","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-01T15:17:32.163","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79901","references":[{"url":"https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-012","label":"df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ff"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-01T14:42:41.970090Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-01T14:46:26.703Z","slug":"CVE-2026-79901","body":"## Overview\n\nIn 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":54.5,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}