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title: "CVE-2026-75120: OpenText EnCase SAFE Agents - Authentication Bypass"
description: "OpenText EnCase SAFE Agents contains an authentication bypass vulnerability caused by improper security controls during session establishment, letting unauthorized attackers establish connections to vulnerable Agents, exploit requires no authentication."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-75120/
---

# CVE-2026-75120 OpenText EnCase SAFE Agents - Authentication Bypass

OpenText EnCase SAFE Agents contains an authentication bypass vulnerability caused by improper security controls during session establishment, letting unauthorized attackers establish connections to vulnerable Agents, exploit requires no authentication.

CVSS base score 9.3 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.41% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75120)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Broken Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Published

13 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-290](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/290.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of OpenText EnCase SAFE Agents.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75120](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75120)
- [https://support.opentext.com/csm?id=ot\_kb\_unauthenticated&sysparm\_article=KB0872887](https://support.opentext.com/csm?id=ot_kb_unauthenticated&sysparm_article=KB0872887)

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