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CVE-2026-2123· NVD / CVE Program· CNA OpenText

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Operations Agent

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

HighCVSS 8.6 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Mar 31, 2026
Updated
Jul 24, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 1th percentile
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Action score

34

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
34 / 40 · 8.6 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · OpenText
8.6
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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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Affected systems

VendorProduct
microfocusoperations agent
microsoftwindows

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • microfocus operations agent12.22 and later · up to 12.29 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (OpenText). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • OpenText Operations Agent

    • OA 12.22 and later · up to and including OA 12.29affectedfixed in OA 12.30

Same product

microfocus: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2021-22505Escalation of privileges vulnerability in Micro Focus Operations Agent, affects versions 12.0x, 12.10, 12.11, 12.12, 12.14 and 12.15.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-0622Local privilege escalation vulnerability could affect OpenText Operations Agent on Non-Windows platforms.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2020-11861Unauthorized escalation of local privileges vulnerability on Micro Focus Operation Agent, affecting all versions prior to versions 12.11.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2019-17085XXE attack vulnerability on Micro Focus Operations Agent, affected version 12.0, 12.01, 12.02, 12.03, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.10, 12.11.
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2021-38129Escalation of privileges vulnerability in Micro Focus in Micro Focus Operations Agent, affecting versions 12.x up to and including 12.21.
    13Monitor
  • CVE-2024-5532A stored XSS vulnerability has been discovered on OpenText™ Operations Agent (OA).
    7Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
OpenText Operations AgentOA 12.30Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
P
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-280 · Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges

CVSS vector

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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