# CVE-2026-2123: Privilege escalation vulnerability in Operations Agent

> Attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting writeable locations where the Operations Agent executes binaries on Windows systems.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 31 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5mwg-54j5-6ch5

## What is CVE-2026-2123?

CVE-2026-2123 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenText Operations Agent, published on 31 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A security audit identified a privilege escalation
vulnerability in Operations Agent(<=OA 12.29) on Windows. Under specific conditions
Operations Agent may run executables from specific writeable locations.Thanks to Manuel Rickli & Philippe Leiser of
Oneconsult AG for reporting this vulnerability

Weakness: CWE-280 (Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-2123?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microfocus Operations Agent.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-2123?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-2123 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-2123 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-2123 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in OpenText Operations Agent

- [CVE-2021-22505](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22505/): Privilege escalation in Operations Agent (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-0622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0622/): Local privilege escalation vulnerability could affect OpenText Operations Agent on Non-Windows platforms. (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-11861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11861/): Privilege escalation in Operations Agent (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-17085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17085/): XML external entity in Operations Agent (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-38129](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38129/): Information disclosure in Micro Focus Operations Agent. (low 3.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-2123 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-2123 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenText Operations Agent, published on 31 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-2123 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: OpenText Operations Agent. 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-2026-2123/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2123/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2123
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2123
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-2123

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2123/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.