Oracle Fusion Middleware Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability (CVE-2025-61757)
Severity: critical · Patch status: unknown · Since 2025-11-21 · CVE-2025-61757
Oracle Fusion Middleware contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to take over Identity Manager. CISA added CVE-2025-61757 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Nov 21, 2025, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Dec 12, 2025 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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