CVE-2026-9864: CWE-338 Use of cryptographically weak Pseudo-Random number generator (PRNG) in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)
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.
CVE-2026-9864: CWE-338 Use of cryptographically weak Pseudo-Random number generator (PRNG) in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.8medium
Affected software
Fortra
Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Fortra
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-28T16:37:54.270Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abe8b0aa43b0b3b89c7d5aa
Added to database: 10/01/2026, 16:32:10 UTC
Last updated: 10/01/2026, 16:32:10 UTC
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