Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform: Local privilege escalation to full takeover
Summary
Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform versions 13.5 and 24.1 are affected by a vulnerability in the Enterprise Manager Install component. A low-privileged user with logon rights on the host running the Enterprise Manager infrastructure can compromise the product. Successful exploitation can lead to a takeover of Enterprise Manager with high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability, which could expose the systems it manages.
Affected
- Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 13.5
- Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 24.1
Fixed in
- Fixed in the Oracle Critical Patch Update of October 2026. Patch IDs for 13.5 and 24.1 are listed in the advisory patch availability section; verify them there.
Workaround
- Unknown. No vendor workaround found.
- While patching: restrict local logon to the Enterprise Manager host to administrators and review accounts with logon rights.
Exploitation
- No evidence of exploitation in the wild found; not listed in CISA KEV in the sources checked.
- No public proof of concept found.
- EPSS in one third-party snapshot: 0.00151 (low), to be verified at FIRST.org.
Our recommendation
- Apply the October 2026 Oracle CPU patch to Enterprise Manager Base Platform 13.5 and 24.1 in the regular patch window.
- Prioritise other higher-scored Enterprise Manager issues in the same CPU first.
- Restrict local logon to the Enterprise Manager host and review accounts with logon rights.
- Verify the CISA KEV status and the NVD analysis before closing the ticket.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2026 advisory www.oracle.com
- Oracle Security blog: October 2026 CPU released blogs.oracle.com
- CVE record aggregator (vulners) vulners.com
- CVE description and metrics (Strix) www.strix.ai
- Waratek: Oracle October 2026 CPU waratek.com
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 1 Nov 2026, 23:27.
Original description (NVD)
Vulnerability in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform product of Oracle Enterprise Manager (component: Enterprise Manager Install). Supported versions that are affected are 13.5 and 24.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform executes to compromise Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
NVD references (1)
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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