CVE-2025-13532 Weak Password Hash in Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS)
Insecure defaults in Fortra BoKS Server Agent allow weak password hashing, potentially exposing credentials to attackers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13532?
CVE-2025-13532 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS), published on 16 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-916
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13532?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13532?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13532 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-13532 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13532 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2q8j-p5mw-6mf5.