# CVE-2024-12799: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

> An authenticated attacker can obtain sensitive information from higher-privileged users via a crafted payload in OpenText Identity Manager.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Red`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2mxm-3cxj-6cmp

## What is CVE-2024-12799?

CVE-2024-12799 is a critical vulnerability in OpenText Identity Manager Advanced Edition, published on 5 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Insufficiently Protected Credentials
vulnerability in OpenText Identity Manager Advanced Edition on Windows, Linux,
64 bit allows Privilege Abuse. This vulnerability could allow an
authenticated user to obtain higher privileged user’s sensitive information via
crafted payload.

This issue affects Identity Manager Advanced
Edition: from 4.8.0.0 through 4.8.7.0102, 4.9.0.0.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12799?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-12799?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12799 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12799 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12799 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12799 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12799 is a critical vulnerability in OpenText Identity Manager Advanced Edition, published on 5 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12799 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: OpenText Identity Manager Advanced Edition. 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-2024-12799/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12799/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12799
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12799
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12799

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12799/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.