CVE-2026-1658 (GCVE-0-2026-1658)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-19 22:40 – Updated: 2026-02-19 22:40
VLAI?
Title
Content spoofing vulnerability discovered in OpenText™ Directory Services
Summary
User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information vulnerability in OpenText™ Directory Services allows Cache Poisoning.  The vulnerability could be exploited by a bad actor to inject manipulated text into the OpenText application, potentially misleading users. This issue affects Directory Services: from 20.4.1 through 25.2.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:L/U:Clear
CWE
  • CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenText™ Directory Services Affected: 20.4.1 , ≤ 25.2 (custom)
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Credits
Andrej Šimko of Accenture
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