CVE-2023-32266

Code injection vulnerability found in OpenText Application Lifecycle Management (ALM),Quality Center.

Published Oct 16, 2024 CVSS 4.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in OpenText™ Application Lifecycle Management (ALM),Quality Center allows Code Inclusion. The vulnerability allows a user to archive a malicious DLLs on the system prior to the installation.

This issue affects Application Lifecycle Management (ALM),Quality Center: 15.00, 15.01, 15.01 P1, 15.01 P2, 15.01 P3, 15.01 P4, 15.01 P5, 15.51, 15.51 P1, 15.51 P2, 15.51 P3, 16.00, 16.01 P1.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

OpenText™

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM),Quality Center

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`15.00`	affected	—
`15.01`	affected	—
`15.01 P1`	affected	—
`15.01 P2`	affected	—
`15.01 P3`	affected	—
`15.01 P4`	affected	—
`15.01 P5`	affected	—
`15.51`	affected	—
`15.51 P1`	affected	—
`15.51 P2`	affected	—
`15.51 P3`	affected	—
`16.00`	affected	—
`16.01 P1`	affected	—

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000024386?language=en_US

Tracking

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-36520	Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in OpenText™ Application Lifecycle Management (ALM),Quality Center allows Code Inclusion. The vulnerability allows a user to archive a malicious DLLs on the system prior to the installation. This issue affects Application Lifecycle Management (ALM),Quality Center: 15.00, 15.01, 15.01 P1, 15.01 P2, 15.01 P3, 15.01 P4, 15.01 P5, 15.51, 15.51 P1, 15.51 P2, 15.51 P3, 16.00, 16.01 P1.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.168% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000024386?language=en_US

History

Jul 12, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00034}`	epss `{'score': 0.00037}`

Oct 16, 2024 7:15 PM First appearance in the feed. Affected versions updated. Affected vendors updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Opentext Opentext alm Quality Center
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:opentext:alm_quality_center::::::::
Vendors & Products		Opentext Opentext alm Quality Center
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Oct 16, 2024 4:45 PM Description updated. Title updated. Weaknesses updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in OpenText™ Application Lifecycle Management (ALM),Quality Center allows Code Inclusion. The vulnerability allows a user to archive a malicious DLLs on the system prior to the installation. This issue affects Application Lifecycle Management (ALM),Quality Center: 15.00, 15.01, 15.01 P1, 15.01 P2, 15.01 P3, 15.01 P4, 15.01 P5, 15.51, 15.51 P1, 15.51 P2, 15.51 P3, 16.00, 16.01 P1.
Title		Code injection vulnerability found in OpenText Application Lifecycle Management (ALM),Quality Center.
Weaknesses		CWE-426
References		https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000024386?language=en_US
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/V:D/RE:L/U:Clear'}`