CVE-2025-0884 Privilege Escalation vulnerability has been discovered in OpenText™ Service Manager.

High 7.3 Published Updated

An attacker can gain SYSTEM privileges via an unquoted search path vulnerability in OpenText Service Manager.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-0884?

CVE-2025-0884 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenText™ Service Manager, published on 12 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in OpenText™ Service Manager. 

The vulnerability could allow a user to gain SYSTEM privileges through Privilege Escalation.

This issue affects Service Manager: 9.70, 9.71, 9.72.

Weakness: CWE-428

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0884?

How do I fix CVE-2025-0884?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0884 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-0884 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0884 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f86q-56fj-v562.

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