Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager 8.1/9.0 BoKS weak password hash
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Summary
A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager 8.1/9.0. This affects an unknown part of the component BoKS. Performing a manipulation results in weak password hash. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-13532. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager 8.1/9.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component BoKS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a weak password hash vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-916. The product generates a hash for a password, but it uses a scheme that does not provide a sufficient level of computational effort that would make password cracking attacks infeasible or expensive. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
Insecure defaults in the Server Agent component of Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) can result in the selection of weak password hash algorithms. This issue affects BoKS Server Agent 9.0 instances that support yescrypt and are running in a BoKS 8.1 domain.
The advisory is shared at fortra.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-13532 since 11/21/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-203842). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.
Product
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Vendor
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7
VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
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CNA Base Score: 6.2
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Weak password hashCWE: CWE-916 / CWE-326 / CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
11/21/2025 CVE reserved12/16/2025 Advisory disclosed
12/16/2025 VulDB entry created
12/16/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: fortra.comStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-13532 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-13532
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-336921
EUVD: 🔒
Entry
Created: 12/16/2025 21:48Updated: 12/16/2025 23:41
Changes: 12/16/2025 21:48 (63), 12/16/2025 23:41 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103
Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.
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