Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in OpenText Operations Agent up to 12.29 on Windows. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in insufficient permissions or privileges. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-2123. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in OpenText Operations Agent up to 12.29 on Windows. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient permissions or privileges vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-280. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the product in an invalid state. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The advisory is available at portal.microfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-2123 since 02/06/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1222 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-17534). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Vendor

• OpenText

Name

• Operations Agent

Version

• 12.0
• 12.1
• 12.2
• 12.3
• 12.4
• 12.5
• 12.6
• 12.7
• 12.8
• 12.9
• 12.10
• 12.11
• 12.12
• 12.13
• 12.14
• 12.15
• 12.16
• 12.17
• 12.18
• 12.19
• 12.20
• 12.21
• 12.22
• 12.23
• 12.24
• 12.25
• 12.26
• 12.27
• 12.28
• 12.29

License

• commercial

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