High severity · published Mar 31, 2026
CVE-2026-2123
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Operations Agent
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OA
Operations Agent · OpenText
OA 12.22 through OA 12.29 · source: vendor, NVD