{"id":"CVE-2026-79901","published":"2026-10-01T14:17:30.883","lastModified":"2026-10-01T15:17:32.163","description":"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.","cvssScore":9.9,"cvssSeverity":"CRITICAL","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwes":["CWE-338"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2026-012","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":{"summary":"The flaw in BoKS keytab management allows attackers to predict and verify service-account passwords, posing a significant security risk.","exploitability":"Exploitation is moderately hard as it requires knowledge of the service principal and the ability to estimate the password-change time, but is feasible with the right conditions.","blast_radius":"If exploited, this flaw could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive services and data within the affected network.","remediation":"Disable the affected feature or upgrade to the latest version of BoKS keytab management, specifically version 2.590 or later.","detection":"No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.","tags":["auth-bypass","predictable-sequence","ad"],"model":"qwen2.5:7b-instruct","analyzedAt":"2026-10-02T08:41:25.174Z"}}