FKIE_CVE-2026-2123

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-31 18:16 - Updated: 2026-07-24 20:10
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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
References
security@opentext.comhttps://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000046068Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microfocus operations_agent *
microsoft windows -
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