CVE-2025-8050Network attack vector

Server file access via path traversal

Published Oct 21, 2025 · Updated Oct 21, 2025

Path traversal in OpenText Flipper 3.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to access files hosted on the server through crafted input. OpenText has not published the affected endpoint or parameter, or how Flipper passes attacker-controlled path data into a file operation. Exploitation requires passive interaction by a target user; disclosed impact is bounded to access to server-hosted files.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.27%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Path traversal in OpenText Flipper 3.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to access files hosted on the server through crafted input. OpenText has not published the affected endpoint or parameter, or how Flipper passes attacker-controlled path data into a file operation. Exploitation requires passive interaction by a target user; disclosed impact is bounded to access to server-hosted files.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-8050
Published
Oct 21, 2025
Updated
Oct 21, 2025
Vendor
OpenText
Product
Flipper
Classifications
CWE-73, CAPEC-126, T1005
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 21, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 21, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=3.1.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

OpenText · Flipperversion=3.1.2

Published CVSS scores

5.3OpenTextCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
6.5NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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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)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-73External Control of File Name or Path
CAPEC-126Path Traversal
T1005Data from Local System

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