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Oracle Access Manager EUVDEUVD-2026-79519

| CVE-2026-73940 CRITICAL
Improper Authentication (CWE-287)
2026-09-15 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-2q2m-g9vr-6rgh
9.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: oracle
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach exposed T3/IIOP listener
  2. Delivery
    Send crafted protocol request
  3. Exploit
    Bypass authentication in Auth Engine
  4. Execution
    Execute attacker-controlled logic
  5. Impact
    Full Oracle Access Manager takeover

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Authentication mechanism validation
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Defense Evasion, Initial Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires network access to the Oracle WebLogic T3 or IIOP listener fronting the Oracle Access Manager Authentication Engine on affected versions 12.2.1.4.0 or 14.1.2.1.0; no credentials and no user interaction are needed (PR:N/UI:N). The primary limiting factor is network exposure of the T3/IIOP protocols - Oracle and security best practice is to restrict these protocols to trusted internal networks or disable/filter them, so instances where T3/IIOP is firewalled from untrusted sources are not remotely exploitable by external attackers. There is no authentication or configuration prerequisite on the attacker side beyond protocol reachability.

Impact

This is a genuinely high-priority vulnerability. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 9.8) describes remote, network-reachable, unauthenticated, low-complexity exploitation with full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and the Oracle description reinforces this by stating the flaw is 'easily exploitable' and results in complete 'takeover of Oracle Access Manager.' The attack vectors named - T3 and IIOP - are the WebLogic remote invocation protocols, historically the highest-risk exposure surface in Oracle Fusion Middleware because they are frequently reachable without authentication and have a long track record of deserialization-style pre-auth compromise. The CVSS/9.8 rating is therefore well-calibrated rather than inflated. However, key exploitation-maturity signals are absent from the provided data: no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit (POC) were supplied, so at time of analysis there is no confirmed active exploitation. The practical risk is strongly mitigated for organizations that follow best practice of NOT exposing T3/IIOP to untrusted networks (these protocols should be firewalled/segmented), which is the single most important limiting factor. Bottom line: treat as a critical patch priority for any internet- or broadly-network-exposed OAM/WebLogic tier, while noting exploitation status is unconfirmed.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker with network reachability to the WebLogic T3 or IIOP listener of an Oracle Access Manager instance sends a crafted protocol request to the Authentication Engine component without any credentials. Exploitation requires no user interaction and low complexity, resulting in full takeover of the OAM instance (confidentiality, integrity, and availability all fully impacted). No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, but T3/IIOP pre-auth vectors in Oracle Fusion Middleware are historically weaponized quickly after disclosure.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
No patch listed yet 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 16, 2026

Unauthenticated network attackers who can reach the T3 or IIOP listener fronting Oracle Access Manager's Authentication Engine on versions 12.2.1.4.0 or 14.1.2.1.0 can bypass authentication and take full control of the component, yielding complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CVSS 3.1 base 9.8, vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). No credentials or user interaction are required; the only meaningful precondition is that the T3/IIOP protocols are reachable from the attacker's position, so deployments that restrict those protocols to trusted internal networks are not externally exploitable. This vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV and no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, but the combination of a perfect-exploitability CVSS vector, an authentication-bypass root cause, and default-exposed WebLogic remoting protocols makes it a high-priority patch target.

RemediationAI

Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update / Security Alert fix referenced at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html, which covers Oracle Access Manager 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.1.0; the provided data does not specify an exact patched build number, so confirm the fixed release against the live advisory before upgrading and treat this as "patch available per vendor advisory." Until the patch is applied, the single most effective compensating control is to prevent untrusted networks from reaching the T3 and IIOP listeners: disable IIOP if it is not required (WebLogic console, Environment > Servers > Protocols > IIOP, or by removing the IIOP protocol from the server configuration) and restrict T3 by enabling a connection filter (weblogic.security.net.ConnectionFilterImpl) that permits only trusted administrative subnets, plus host/network firewalling of the WebLogic listen port. Trade-offs are significant and must be planned: blocking T3 breaks WLST/JMX administrative scripts, JMS and RMI clients that rely on it, and any node-to-node traffic in a cluster, while disabling IIOP breaks CORBA/RMI-IIOP clients and some interoperability integrations - therefore stage the filter rules in a test environment, and if clustered communication is required, restrict rather than fully block. Additional hardening that does not break functionality includes running Access Manager under a least-privileged OS account, isolating the WebLogic domain from other network segments, and monitoring for anomalous T3/IIOP connections from unexpected source addresses as a detection backstop until patching completes.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Access Manager 12.2.1.4.0
Oracle Access Manager 14.1.2.1.0

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_access_manager no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is classified as CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) and resides in the Authentication Engine component of Oracle Access Manager, delivered as part of Oracle Fusion Middleware and typically co-located with Oracle WebLogic Server. T3 and IIOP are WebLogic's proprietary and CORBA-based remoting protocols used for RMI-style object invocation between WebLogic instances, administration clients, and Java EE applications; because they are enabled by default on the server's listen port and historically have been the entry point for serialization and deserialization attacks in the WebLogic stack, they represent a broad attack surface. An authentication check in the Access Manager Authentication Engine fails to properly validate the identity of a caller arriving over these protocols, allowing an unauthenticated remote party to invoke functionality that should require credentials and effectively assume control of the Access Manager component. Neither a CPE string nor a CWE-derived technical root cause beyond improper authentication was supplied, so the precise defect (e.g., which token or session validation is skipped) cannot be confirmed from the available data; the EUVD record (EUVD-2026-79519) corroborates the affected version set but adds no further technical detail. Note that the CVSS vector carries S:U (scope unchanged), so the impact is scored within the Access Manager security authority even though the takeover may have downstream effects on integrated identity flows.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 9.8 CRITICAL

Unauthenticated, low-complexity T3/IIOP network vector yielding full OAM takeover justifies AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N and C:H/I:H/A:H, consistent with Oracle's rating.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

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 unauthenticated attacker with network access via T3, IIOP to compromise Oracle Access Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Access Manager. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle Access Manager versions 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.1.0 expose their Authentication Engine to complete takeover by unauthenticated network attackers who can reach the T3 or IIOP listeners, and no vendor-released patch is currently available. Because this component is the enterprise's central authentication and single sign-on authority, a successful attack could allow an outsider to bypass or forge authentication for downstream applications, eroding the identity assurance that other access controls depend on. Leadership should treat this primarily as a network-exposure issue: only deployments whose T3/IIOP ports are reachable from untrusted networks carry direct risk, and those ports are enabled by default in many WebLogic-based installations.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: restrict T3 and IIOP listener ports to trusted internal networks only, block them at perimeter and host firewalls, enable WebLogic connection filters to whitelist approved source hosts, disable T3/IIOP protocols on instances that do not require them, and monitor listener and authentication logs for anomalous connections until a vendor patch is available.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 62% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
Enterprise SSO/IAM on WebLogic, common in large orgs but not everywhere
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact
Very High

Priority Score

49
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +49
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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