Vulnerability in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (Boks)

CVE-2025-13532

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.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 1st percentile — 0.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-13532: held from 0.001 to 0.001.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (Boks) — versions This issue affects BoKS Server Agent 9.0 instances that support yescrypt and are running in a BoKS 8.1 domain. The affected platforms are: Debian 11, 12, 13, RedHat 9, 10 and Ubuntu 24.

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-13532?
CVE-2025-13532 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortra Core Privileged Access Manager (Boks), classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2025-12-16.
How severe is CVE-2025-13532?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.