9.8Critical
Opentext Directory Services
CVE-2023-7249
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in OpenText OpenText Directory Services allows Path Traversal.This issue affects OpenText Directory Services: from 16.4.2 before 24.1.
What this means for your business
- It affects Opentext Directory Services. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.6% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 45% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Opentext Directory Services, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- CVSS v4
- 6.3
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Assigned by
- security@opentext.com
Dates
- Published
- 2024-08-12
- Last modified
- 2026-09-03
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Opentext Directory Services16.4.2 - 24.1
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.