# 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.

- **Severity:** Low 2.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Green`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-26rx-w6fm-4p9v

## 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 (Insufficient Granularity of Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8049?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8050/): External Control of File vulnerability has been discovered in opentext Flipper. (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-8048](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8048/): External Control of File path vulnerability has been discovered on Openext Flipper. (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-8051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8051/): Path traversal validation vulnerability has been discovered in opentext Flipper. (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-8052](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8052/): HQL Injection vulnerability has been discovered in Opentext Flipper. (low 1.0)
- [CVE-2025-8053](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8053/): Insufficient access control vulnerability has been discovered in Opentext Flipper. (low 1.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8049 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8049 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: opentext Flipper. 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-2025-8049/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8049/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8049
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8049
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8049

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8049/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.