CVE-2025-2236

Sensitive information disclosure during external-service configuration

Published May 27, 2025 · Updated May 27, 2025

Information exposure in OpenText Advanced Authentication before 6.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive data while configuring external services. OpenText has not published the affected code path or the operation that exposes the data while external services are managed or configured. Exploitation requires local access and additional environmental preconditions; published evidence does not identify the specific data disclosed.

CVSS severity2.1
Low
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Information exposure in OpenText Advanced Authentication before 6.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive data while configuring external services. OpenText has not published the affected code path or the operation that exposes the data while external services are managed or configured. Exploitation requires local access and additional environmental preconditions; published evidence does not identify the specific data disclosed.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-2236
Published
May 27, 2025
Updated
May 27, 2025
Vendor
OpenText
Product
OpenText NetIQ Advanced Authentication
Classifications
CWE-497, CAPEC-410
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <6.5

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

OpenText · OpenText NetIQ Advanced Authenticationversion=0 <6.5

Published CVSS scores

2.1OpenTextCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/S:P/AU:N/V:C/RE:M/U:Red

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-497Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
CAPEC-410Information Elicitation

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