CVE-2025-50070
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 · uneditedVulnerability in the JDBC component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 23.4-23.8. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker having Authenticated OS User privilege with logon to the infrastructure where JDBC executes to compromise JDBC. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in JDBC, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all JDBC accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).
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 analysisThe application fails to correctly restrict what a user can do or reach, so functions or resources are available to people who should not have them. Attackers simply probe for the paths where the check is missing or wrong. The fix is to enforce access-control decisions consistently on every request, evaluated against the acting user rather than assumed from context.
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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>= 23.4, <= 23.8CVSS 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
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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 · scopedOracle Database Server 23.9 or later / July 2025 Critical Patch Update
- 1. Review the Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory for July 2025 at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2025.html to obtain the specific patch for CVE-2025-50070
- 2. Upgrade Oracle Database Server from versions 23.4-23.8 to version 23.9 or later, which contains the fix for this JDBC vulnerability
- 3. Alternatively, apply the July 2025 Critical Patch Update (CPU) to your current supported version
- 4. After upgrade or patching, verify the JDBC component is updated and restart any services using JDBC connections
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