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Security Issue In Oracle Identity Manager

Oracle has a security advisory with a CVSS base score of 10.0 (which is pretty awful):

This Security Alert addresses CVE-2017-10151, a vulnerability affecting Oracle Identity Manager. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0, and can result in complete compromise of Oracle Identity Manager via an unauthenticated network attack. The Patch Availability Document referenced below provides a full workaround for this vulnerability, and will be updated when patches in addition to the workaround are available.

Due to the severity of this vulnerability, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply the updates provided by this Security Alert without delay.

Catalin Cimpanu explains:

The affected product is Oracle Identity Manager (OIM), a user management solution that allows enterprises to control what parts of their network employees can access. OIM is part of Oracle’s highly popular Fusion Middleware offering and is one of its most used components.

Oracle describes the issue — tracked under the CVE-2017-10151 identifier — as a “default account” vulnerability, an umbrella term that’s usually used to describe accounts with no password or hardcoded credentials (a.k.a. backdoor accounts).

“This vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without requiring user credentials,” Oracle said in a security alert.

Oracle has patched this.  If you have it installed, please update ASAP.