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Sd Wan EdgeWeb browser · Oracle

CVE-2020-14606

CRITICAL · 10.0 CVSS v3.1 Published 2020-07-15
Patch available
A vendor patch is available. No clean upgrade release — apply the published patch.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Vulnerability in the Oracle SD-WAN Edge product of Oracle Communications Applications (component: User Interface). Supported versions that are affected are 8.2 and 9.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle SD-WAN Edge. While the vulnerability is in Oracle SD-WAN Edge, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle SD-WAN Edge. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 10.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Oracle SD-WAN Edge versions 8.2 and 9.0 contain an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the User Interface component. Attackers can exploit this via HTTP network requests to achieve complete system compromise, including full confidentiality, integrity, and availability takeover.

MitigationApply Oracle's available security patches for CVE-2020-14606; until patched, restrict network access to the SD-WAN Edge management interface and implement additional authentication controls.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Sd Wan EdgeWeb browser
Affected:= 8.2= 9.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify the installed Oracle SD-WAN Edge version
    Access the system administration interface or use the product's built-in version command to retrieve the exact installed version number
    Affected if The installed version is 8.2 or 9.0 exactly
  2. Confirm the UI component is enabled
    Check the SD-WAN Edge configuration to verify whether the User Interface component is currently enabled
    Affected if The UI component is enabled and running
  3. Verify network accessibility of the management interface
    Determine if the SD-WAN Edge management interface is exposed to the network via HTTP/HTTPS
    Affected if The management UI is accessible over HTTP from untrusted networks
  4. Check for existing patches or updates
    Consult the system's patch management or about/version information to see if security updates have been applied
    Affected if No security patches for CVE-2020-14606 have been applied to the installed version

A system is affected if it runs Oracle SD-WAN Edge version 8.2 or 9.0 with the UI component enabled and network-accessible, and lacks the corresponding security patch.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Patch available Apply the vendor patch
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Interim mitigation

Apply Oracle's available security patches for CVE-2020-14606; until patched, restrict network access to the SD-WAN Edge management interface and implement additional authentication controls.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Oracle SD-WAN Edge version later than 9.0 (refer to July 2020 CPU for exact fixed version)

  1. 1. Review the Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory for July 2020 at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html to obtain the specific patch for Oracle SD-WAN Edge
  2. 2. Identify the latest available Oracle SD-WAN Edge release that supersedes versions 8.2 and 9.0
  3. 3. Schedule a maintenance window for the upgrade process
  4. 4. Back up current SD-WAN Edge configuration
  5. 5. Upgrade Oracle SD-WAN Edge to the fixed release version as indicated in the July 2020 CPU advisory
  6. 6. Verify the upgrade was successful and the User Interface component is functioning correctly
  7. 7. Validate that the vulnerability is resolved by confirming the UI is accessible only with proper authentication
Caveat Upgrade to a new major version may require configuration review and could introduce changes in UI behavior or feature availability

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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