CVE-2026-9864

medium

Assigned by CNA: df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ff

Published 2026-10-01 · Modified 2026-10-01

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CVSS v3

4.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

58%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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References

https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-018

CWEs

CWE-338

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.