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GHSA-5MWG-54J5-6CH5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-31 18:31 – Updated: 2026-04-03 21:31

Details

A security audit identified a privilege escalation vulnerability in Operations Agent(<=OA 12.29) on Windows. Under specific conditions Operations Agent may run executables from specific writeable locations.Thanks to Manuel Rickli & Philippe Leiser of Oneconsult AG for reporting this vulnerability

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

8.6 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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CVE-2026-2123 (GCVE-0-2026-2123)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-31 17:18 – Updated: 2026-03-31 18:00 X_Oa_Privilege_Escalation

Title

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Operations Agent

Summary

Severity

8.6 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-03-31 17:58 UTC

CWE

CWE-280 - Improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges

Assigner

OpenText mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000046068	customer-entitlement

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
OpenText	Operations Agent	Affected: OA 12.22 , ≤ OA 12.29 (custom)

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