# CVE-2025-10698: OpenText Identity Console incorrect default permissions

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-10698-incorrect-default-permissions-and-product-released-in-non-release  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-11-12. Updated: 2026-11-12  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-10698 · Severity: info · Published 2026-11-12

OpenText Identity Console is a user and identity management platform used to control access to corporate systems and applications. A configuration issue leaves embedded sensitive data accessible with default permissions, potentially allowing unauthorized users to retrieve credentials or other embedded secrets without exploitation.

Vendors: [Opentext](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/opentext).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-10698 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-10698 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-10698?** Informational severity, published 12 November 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Opentext Identity Console 1.8 through 25.2.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-10698?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2025-10698 attacked?** It is in a hosted service.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-10698?** Check whether you run Opentext Identity Console at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

The vulnerability stems from incorrect default file permissions and the product being released in a non-release configuration, allowing local or authenticated access to retrieve embedded sensitive data within Identity Console. The issue affects versions 1.8 through 25.2 on Windows and Linux systems. No active exploitation in the wild has been reported.

## Affected products

- OpenText Identity Console 1.8 through 25.2

## References

- [https://docs.microfocus.com/doc/29/25.4/securityandsoftwarefixes](https://docs.microfocus.com/doc/29/25.4/securityandsoftwarefixes)