Oracle BI Publisher Unauthorized Access Vulnerability (CVE-2019-2616)
Severity: high · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-03-25 · CVE-2019-2616
Oracle BI Publisher, formerly XML Publisher, contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for various unauthorized actions. Open-source reporting attributes this vulnerability to allowing for authentication bypass. CISA added CVE-2019-2616 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Mar 25, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Apr 15, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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