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Here is one approach, which may efficiently show lack of solution in some cases.

Make square matrix $O$ with entries variables. We have $O'=O^{-1}$ and $O'$ is the transpose.

Mulitply by $O'$. Since $OO'=I$ we get:

$O'A=CO',O'B=DO'$.

This is systems of $2n^2$ linear equations over $K$ in $n^2$ variables.

If the linear system doesn't have solution, there is no solution to the problem.

In addition we need the constraint $\det(O)=\pm 1$, which might be intractable to compute symbolically.

If the linear system doesn't have solution, there is no solution.

If $K$ is a field, find basis for the solutions and try to substitute in the nonlinear constraint, searching for solution in it.

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