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CVE-2026-9864: Fortra BoKS Server Agent adjoin machine-account password generation vulnerability
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-01 · updated 2026-10-01
- Weakness: CWE-338
Description
Fortra BoKS Server Agent contains a predictable password generation vulnerability in the adjoin utility. Machine-account passwords generated during Active Directory join or password renewal operations may have significantly less entropy than intended, making them more susceptible to prediction by an attacker who can estimate when the password was generated.
Affected products
- Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS): from 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.0.29; from 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.5
References
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