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CVE-2018-2879

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2018-04-19

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Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Access Manager component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Authentication Engine). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.2.3.0 and 12.2.1.3.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Access Manager. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Access Manager, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Access Manager. Note: Please refer to Doc ID <a href="http://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=2386496.1">My Oracle Support Note 2386496.1 for instructions on how to address this issue. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-04-1902:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Oracle access manager
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.1= 11.1.2.3.0no fix published
12.2= 12.2.1.3.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As oracle, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Oracle Corporation Access Manager
    Affected
    • = 11.1.2.3.0no fix stated
    • = 12.2.1.3.0no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2019-04-19

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
2 repositories, unverifiedMostafaSoliman/Oracle-OAM-Padding-Oracle-CVE-2018-2879-ExploitAymanElSherif/oracle-oam-authentication-bypas-exploit
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-04-19
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-5xgp-rmw9-5cfw

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-2879?

Vulnerability in the Oracle Access Manager component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Authentication Engine). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.2.3.0 and 12.2.1.3.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Access Manager. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Access Manager, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Access Manager. Note: Please refer to Doc ID <a href="http://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=2386496.1">My Oracle Support Note 2386496.1 for instructions on how to address this issue. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Is CVE-2018-2879 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-2879 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 21.4% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-2879?

CVE-2018-2879 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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