Authentication bypass by capture-replay in OpenText Advanced Authentication
Priority LOW 27CWE-294Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-294.
Summary
A weakness identified in OpenText Advanced Authentication where a Malicious browser plugin can record and replay the user authentication process to bypass Authentication. This issue affects Advanced Authentication on or before 6.5.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00358 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Advanced Authentication (OpenText): = <
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Advanced Authentication (OpenText) Fixed in = <
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-8616
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6qcx-qhc9-rhcr
More OpenText vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-22711 An issue was discovered in OpenText Content Suite Platform 22.1 (16.2.19.1803). CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-22712 A remote OScript execution issue was discovered in OpenText Content Suite Platform 22.1… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-22710 An issue was discovered in OpenText Content Suite Platform 22.1 (16.2.19.1803). CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-22707 An issue was discovered in OpenText Content Suite Platform 22.1 (16.2.19.1803). CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-22706 An issue was discovered in OpenText Content Suite Platform 22.1 (16.2.19.1803). CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-22709 An issue was discovered in OpenText Content Suite Platform 22.1 (16.2.19.1803). CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-8616 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-8616 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6qcx-qhc9-rhcr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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