CRITICAL 9.9 NVD

CVE-2026-79901

In deployments using BoKS keytab management, affected versions of boks_keytabmd generate Active Directory service-account passwords from a predictable pseudo-ra

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.

References

https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-012

Published: 2026-10-01 · Source: NVD · Feed updated: 2026-10-01

This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.9 was published on 2026-10-01 via NVD.

Risk Timeline

CVE Disclosed2026-10-01 · -1 days ago

Remediation Resources

Official Advisory

www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-012

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