CVE-2026-2123

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Operations Agent

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 31, 2026 at 05:18 PM UTC
Updated: July 24, 2026 at 08:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOperations Agent· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

12.22 ≤ v ≤ 12.29OA 12.22 ≤ v ≤ OA 12.29OA 12.22
microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

Customer EntitlementVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000046068

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-280

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