CVE-2025-8049 Insufficient Access Control vulnerability has been discovered in OpenText Flipper.
A low-privilege user can elevate privileges within OpenText Flipper due to insufficient access control granularity.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-8049?
CVE-2025-8049 is a low-severity vulnerability in opentext Flipper, published on 20 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Insufficient Granularity of Access Control vulnerability in opentext Flipper allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. The vulnerability could allow a low-privilege user to elevate privileges within the application.
This issue affects Flipper: 3.1.2.
Weakness: CWE-1220
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8049?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Opentext Flipper.
How do I fix CVE-2025-8049?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8049 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-8049 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8049 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in opentext Flipper
- CVE-2025-8050 External Control of File vulnerability has been discovered in opentext Flipper.
- CVE-2025-8048 External Control of File path vulnerability has been discovered on Openext Flipper.
- CVE-2025-8051 Path traversal validation vulnerability has been discovered in opentext Flipper.
- CVE-2025-8052 HQL Injection vulnerability has been discovered in Opentext Flipper.
- CVE-2025-8053 Insufficient access control vulnerability has been discovered in Opentext Flipper.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-26rx-w6fm-4p9v.