CVE-2025-3476
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIncorrect Authorization vulnerability in OpenText™ Operations Bridge Manager. The vulnerability could allows privilege escalation by authenticated users.This issue affects Operations Bridge Manager: 2023.05, 23.4, 24.2, 24.4.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIncorrect authorization vulnerability in OpenText Operations Bridge Manager allows authenticated users to escalate privileges beyond their assigned role. The flaw likely involves missing or insufficient access control checks on certain API endpoints or functions, enabling lower-privileged users to perform administrative actions.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- Authentication
- Y
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Red
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Operations Bridge Manager installationLocate the OpenText Operations Bridge Manager installation directory and locate the main executable or service (typically named opentext-obb or similar in the installation path)Affected if The product is installed and running
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Determine installed versionCheck the version of Operations Bridge Manager by inspecting the product's about dialog, version file, or running 'opcntop version' or similar version command if available in the installation bin directoryAffected if The installed version matches or predates any vulnerable release prior to the vendor fix
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Verify user role configurationReview the user/role configuration files in the OBM configuration directory (typically under conf/users or conf/security) to confirm role assignments and permission boundaries are definedAffected if Users with limited roles are defined in the system
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Check for privilege boundary enforcementInspect the authorization or security configuration files (such as authorization.xml, security-config.xml, or role-mappings in the conf directory) to verify if role boundaries are properly enforcedAffected if Authorization rules appear misconfigured or allow role boundary crossing
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Audit user session and privilege usageReview OBM audit logs (typically in logs/audit or logs directory) for authenticated user sessions that show access to features or data outside their assigned role permissionsAffected if Audit logs show users accessing functions beyond their assigned role scope
A user is affected if OpenText Operations Bridge Manager is installed and the installed version predates the fixed release, especially if the authorization role boundary enforcement is improperly configured or can be bypassed by authenticated users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-supplied patches for affected versions (2023.05, 23.4, 24.2, 24.4). Until patched, minimize the number of authenticated users and restrict network access to trusted personnel only.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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