Vulnerability · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Assigned by Fortra
CVE-2026-9864Fortra BoKS Server Agent adjoin machine-account password generation vulnerability
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) from Fortra. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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 (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fortra | Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) | 8.1.0.0 – through 8.1.0.299.0.0.0 – through 9.0.0.5 |
Weakness: CWE-338 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N