# CVE-2026-79901 — Fortra BoKS Manager boks-server

> As of 2026-10-01, CVE-2026-79901 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in Fortra BoKS Manager boks-server, CVSS v3.1 9.9, EPSS 0.2% (17.2th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-79901, most recently “Fortra Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in BoKS Privileged Access Manager (CVE-2026-79901, CVE-2026-79898, CVE-2026-12627)”.

**Last updated:** 2026-10-01

## What is CVE-2026-79901?

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.

The record classifies CVE-2026-79901 under weakness class [CWE-338](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/338.html). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 22 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 9.9 — CRITICAL (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.2% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 5.6/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-10-01

## Is CVE-2026-79901 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 37 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [Fortra](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/fortra): BoKS Manager boks-server

## How to fix CVE-2026-79901

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-79901 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-79901

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-79901, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Fortra Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in BoKS Privileged Access Manager (CVE-2026-79901, CVE-2026-79898, CVE-2026-12627)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2854) — CRITICAL · 2026-10-03

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Other references**

- [fortra.com](https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-012)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-79901
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