CVE-2025-8616 Auth bypass in Advanced Authentication
Attackers can bypass authentication in OpenText Advanced Authentication by using malicious browser plugins to replay recorded user authentication processes.
- 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-2025-8616?
CVE-2025-8616 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in OpenText Advanced Authentication, published on 6 Aug 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
A weakness identified in OpenText Advanced Authentication where a Malicious browser plugin can record and replay the user authentication process to bypass Authentication. This issue affects Advanced Authentication on or before 6.5.0.
Weakness: CWE-294
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8616?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8616?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-8616 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8616 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6qcx-qhc9-rhcr.