Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8616
A weakness identified in OpenText Advanced Authentication where a Malicious browser plugin can record and replay the user authentication process to bypass Authentication.
Published Aug 6, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 6, 2025 · Opentext Advanced Authentication
Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8616. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of Opentext Advanced Authentication is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Same product and reporting
- CVE-2025-2236 · Low
- Severity
- Medium6.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.35%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Opentext Advanced Authentication 6.5.0 ≤ <
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.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor Opentext Advanced Authentication 6.5.0 ≤ <6.5.0 ≤ <
How to fix CVE-2025-8616
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 6.5.0 ≤ <
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8616. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of Opentext Advanced Authentication is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Opentext Advanced Authentication 6.5.0 ≤ < 6.5.0 ≤ <. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.35%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 6, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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.
Aug 6, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8616
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8616
30-day exploitation probability 0.35%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-23844
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.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 27, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
- EUVDOct 20, 2026