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

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Fixes

Solution

The hotfix can be downloaded from the  Marketplace https://marketplace.opentext.com/itom/content/operations-agent-hotfix-for-cve-2026-2123-privilege-escalation/  for the OA versions mentioned below.  Please follow the readme.txt included in the hotfix zip file for install instructions.  OA 12.24 - HFWIN_1224028.tar, HFWIN_1224029.tar OA 12.25 - HFWIN_1225045.tar,HFWIN_1225046.tar  OA 12.26 - HFWIN_1226039.tar, HFWIN_1226040.tar OA 12.27 - HFWIN_1227023.tar, HFWIN_1227024.tar OA 12.28 - HFWIN_1228020.tar, HFWIN_1228021.tar OA 12.29 - HFWIN_1229006.tar, HFWIN_1229007.tar


Workaround

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History

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microfocus
Microfocus operations Agent
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:operations_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microfocus
Microfocus operations Agent
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Opentext
Opentext operations Agent
Vendors & Products Opentext
Opentext operations Agent

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
Title Privilege escalation vulnerability in Operations Agent
Weaknesses CWE-280
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OpenText

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-31T18:00:56.901Z

Reserved: 2026-02-06T14:55:51.920Z

Link: CVE-2026-2123

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-31T18:00:14.961Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-31T18:16:46.293

Modified: 2026-04-03T18:46:01.670

Link: CVE-2026-2123

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-31T20:37:45Z

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