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CVE-2026-2123

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Operations Agent

Published: Mar 31, 2026Updated: Apr 3, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-280
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 98.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-280

Affected Products

operations agentmicrofocusSecurity Products
Operations AgentOpenText
On-prem
Enterprise Software / document-mgmt
microfocuscommercialGBSecurity Productsaka micro focus, microfocus
opentextcommercialCAEnterprise Softwareaka opentext corp., opentext corporation

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000046068
portal.microfocus.com

Timeline

Published
Mar 31, 2026
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026

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