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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
HTTP-reachable component (AV:N), Oracle states easily exploitable (AC:L), requires a low-privileged OAM account (PR:L), no user interaction, and OAM takeover cascades to protected apps (S:C, C/I/A:H).
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Vulnerability in the Oracle Access Manager product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Authentication Engine). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.1.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged 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 (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Access Manager. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.9 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
AnalysisAI
Privilege escalation and takeover of Oracle Access Manager 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.1.0 allows a low-privileged remote attacker to fully compromise the identity broker via the Authentication Engine component, with a CVSS 9.9 score reflecting a scope-changing impact on downstream protected applications. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but Oracle's June 2026 Critical Patch Update flags it as easily exploitable over HTTP, making it a high-priority patch for any environment using OAM for SSO/federation.
Technical ContextAI
Oracle Access Manager is the SSO, web access control, and federation hub of Oracle Fusion Middleware, brokering authentication for downstream Oracle and third-party applications via HTTP/HTTPS. The flaw resides in the Authentication Engine, the core subsystem that processes credential submissions and issues session artifacts (OAM_ID cookies, OAM tokens) consumed by WebGates and OAM agents. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:oracle_corporation:oracle_access_manager covers the affected 12c (12.2.1.4.0) and 14c (14.1.2.1.0) release trains. No CWE has been assigned, but the scope-change behavior strongly suggests an authentication or session-handling weakness whose abuse lets the attacker issue or hijack tokens trusted by other components - a class typically aligned with CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) or CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization).
RemediationAI
Apply the patches bundled in Oracle's June 2026 Critical Patch Update (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspujun2026.html) for Oracle Access Manager 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.1.0 - this is the only vendor-released fix. If immediate patching is not possible, restrict network reachability of the OAM admin and runtime HTTP endpoints to known administrative networks and SSO consumers via WAF or perimeter ACLs, tighten OAM account provisioning so low-privileged accounts cannot be self-registered, and increase monitoring of OAM session issuance and authentication-engine logs for anomalous token grants. These compensating controls reduce exposure but do not eliminate risk for users who can already authenticate, and tightening external reachability may break legitimate federation partners, so validate downstream impact before enforcing.
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EUVD-2026-37439