# CVE-2023-7249: Path traversal in OpenText Directory Services

> An attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in OpenText Directory Services to read arbitrary files from the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m37f-qr93-p7wv

## What is CVE-2023-7249?

CVE-2023-7249 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in OpenText Directory Services, published on 12 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in OpenText OpenText Directory Services allows Path Traversal.This issue affects OpenText Directory Services: from 16.4.2 before 24.1.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-7249?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Opentext Directory Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-7249?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-7249 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-7249 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7249 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in OpenText Directory Services

- [CVE-2026-1658](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1658/): Content spoofing vulnerability discovered in OpenText™ Directory Services (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-7249 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-7249 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in OpenText Directory Services, published on 12 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7249 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: OpenText Directory Services. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7249/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7249/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7249
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7249
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-7249

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7249/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.