# CVE-2025-15579: An Insecure Deserialization vulnerability has been discovered in OpenText™ Directory Services.

> Insecure deserialization in OpenText Directory Services allows remote attackers to execute code, escalate privileges, or cause denial of service.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:M/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:** 18 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 27 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5qq8-6gv4-wmcc

## What is CVE-2025-15579?

CVE-2025-15579 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in OpenText™ Directory Services, published on 18 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in OpenText™ Directory Services allows Object Injection. 

The vulnerability could lead to remote code execution, denial of service, or privilege escalation.

This issue affects Directory Services: before 24.4.16, from 25.1 before 25.1.9, from 25.2 before 25.2.9, from 25.3 before 25.3.8, from 25.4 before 25.4.5, from 26.1 before 26.1.2.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15579?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-15579?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15579 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-15579 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15579 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-15579 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-15579 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in OpenText™ Directory Services, published on 18 Feb 2026. 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-2025-15579 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-2025-15579/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15579/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15579
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15579
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15579

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15579/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.