CVE-2025-15579 (GCVE-0-2025-15579)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-18 14:57 – Updated: 2026-02-18 18:20
VLAI?
Title
An Insecure Deserialization vulnerability has been discovered in OpenText™ Directory Services.
Summary
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in OpenText™ Directory Services allows Object Injection. The vulnerability could lead to remote code execution, denial of service, or privilege escalation. This issue affects Directory Services: from 10.5 through 26.1.
Severity ?
9.5 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenText™ Directory Services Affected: 10.5 , ≤ 26.1 (custom)
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Credits
Dylan Pindur - Assetnote Adam Kues - Assetnote Tomais Williamson - Assetnote
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