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Outside In TechnologyApplication · Oracle

CVE-2021-2069

HIGH · 8.6 CVSS v3.1 Published 2021-01-20
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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95/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 Outside In Technology product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Outside In Filters). Supported versions that are affected are 8.5.4 and 8.5.5. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Outside In Technology. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Outside In Technology accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Outside In Technology accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Outside In Technology. Note: Outside In Technology is a suite of software development kits (SDKs). The protocol and CVSS score depend on the software that uses the Outside In Technology code. The CVSS score assumes that the software passes data received over a network directly to Outside In Technology code, but if data is not received over a network the CVSS score may be lower. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L).

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 · moderate confidence

Vulnerability in Oracle Outside In Technology's filters component (versions 8.5.4 and 8.5.5) allows unauthenticated remote attackers via HTTP to achieve unauthorized creation, modification, or deletion of critical data, read access to a subset of data, and partial denial of service. Outside In Technology is a SDK suite that processes various file formats; the vulnerability is exploitable when network-sourced data is passed to the SDK without proper sanitization.

MitigationApply Oracle Critical Patch Update (January 2021) or subsequent patch for CVE-2021-2069. If patching is delayed, restrict network exposure of systems using Outside In Technology and ensure untrusted data is not passed directly from network sources to the SDK without validation.

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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
Outside In TechnologyApplication
Affected:= 8.5.4= 8.5.5

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
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

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

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

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  1. Identify Oracle Outside In Technology installation
    Search for Outside In SDK files, check Oracle inventory, or review application dependencies for 'outside in' or 'OutsideIn' components. Common paths include Oracle product directories or application lib folders.
    Affected if Oracle Outside In Technology is present on the system
  2. Determine installed version
    Check version information in SDK documentation, manifest files, or product metadata. Look for version strings matching '8.5.4' or '8.5.5'.
    Affected if Version is exactly 8.5.4 or 8.5.5
  3. Identify network-sourced data flow to filters
    Review application code, configurations, or service architecture that passes HTTP/network input to Outside In filter functions. Trace data flow from network endpoints to SDK filter APIs.
    Affected if Network-sourced data is passed directly to the SDK without sanitization or validation layers
  4. Check for sanitization between network input and SDK
    Inspect code or configuration between network input handlers and Outside In filter calls for input validation, sanitization, or data filtering logic.
    Affected if No sanitization layer exists between network sources and the Outside In SDK filters

System is affected if Oracle Outside In Technology version 8.5.4 or 8.5.5 is installed AND network-sourced data is passed directly to the SDK filters without validation.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply Oracle Critical Patch Update (January 2021) or subsequent patch for CVE-2021-2069. If patching is delayed, restrict network exposure of systems using Outside In Technology and ensure untrusted data is not passed directly from network sources to the SDK without validation.

Fix this in Outside In Technology Scoped from the published advisory
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