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OracleExploited incident

Oracle Identity Manager pre-authentication remote code execution (October 2025 CPU)

CVE-2025-61757Critical, CVSS 9.8In CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog since 21 Nov 2025

FixedFixed for every supported version on the day it became public.

Response

Silence
same day
First public report to first vendor statement
Exposure
same day
First public report to first fix
Follow-through
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First public report to a fix for every supported version
  • Vendor silent
  • Vendor statement, no fix
  • Fixed for some versions
  • Fixed when disclosed
  • Date only, no time of day

Timeline and evidence

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  1. First public report

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    Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2025 (Wayback snapshot)CuratedQuote verified

    2025-October-21 Rev 1. Initial Release.

    Coordinated disclosure (reported by Adam Kues and Shubham Shah of Assetnote/Searchlight Cyber, credited in the CPU); first public information was the CPU. Searchlight published technical details and a PoC on 2025-11-20.

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    CVE.org record CVE-2025-61757ClaimedQuote verified21 Oct 2025, 20:03 UTC

    Vulnerability in the Identity Manager product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: REST WebServices). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.1.0. Easily exploitable

    CVE record published.

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    Mastodon postClaimedQuote not checked yet22 Oct 2025, 03:05 UTC

    🚨 CRITICAL: CVE-2025-61757 hits Oracle Identity Manager (12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.2.1.0). Unauthenticated attackers can take over via HTTP REST WebServices. Restrict access & monitor for Oracle patches!

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    Bluesky postClaimedQuote not checked yet22 Oct 2025, 03:05 UTC

    CRITICAL: Oracle Identity Manager (12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.2.1.0) hit by CVE-2025-61757—unauthenticated takeover via HTTP REST APIs. Restrict network access & monitor for patches! https://radar.offseq.com/threat/cve-2025-61757-easily-exploitable-vulnerability-al-e6a75922

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    CISA KEV (CVE-2025-61757)ClaimedQuote verified21 Nov 2025

    Oracle Fusion Middleware Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability

    Added to CISA's KEV catalog on 2025-11-21.

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  2. Vendor statement

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    Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2025 (Wayback snapshot)CuratedQuote verified

    2025-October-21 Rev 1. Initial Release.

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  3. First workaround

    No official mitigation found yet.

  4. First fix

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    Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2025 (Wayback snapshot)CuratedQuote verified

    Identity Manager, versions 12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.2.1.0

    Affected-products table of the October 2025 CPU (Rev 1 2025-10-21); risk-matrix row: CVE-2025-61757, Identity Manager, REST WebServices, HTTP, CVSS 9.8.

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  5. Fixed for all versions

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    Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2025 (Wayback snapshot)CuratedQuote verified

    2025-October-21 Rev 1. Initial Release.

    Both supported affected versions are covered by the one CPU; per-platform patch documents are behind My Oracle Support login and were not checked.

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No brief for this incident yet. We write one for every open incident and every critical bug exploited before a fix.

Affected products

  • Oracle Identity Manager (Fusion Middleware) 12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.2.1.0
How we built this timeline

exploited before a fix is null on purpose. SecurityWeek (21 Nov 2025, updated) reports SANS ISC's Johannes Ullrich saw possible exploitation in honeypot logs 'several times between August 30 and September 9, weeks before Oracle released a patch'; but Searchlight Cyber's Shubham Shah told SecurityWeek the activity 'can be attributed back to Searchlight Cyber researchers', while Ullrich said it looked more like attackers because the same IPs scanned for other bugs.

Oracle's CPU does not mention exploitation. The pre-patch activity was only reported publicly after the patch (November 2025).

CVSS 9.8 from Oracle's risk matrix. Wayback snapshot cited because oracle.com blocks non-browser user agents.

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