Oracle Management Pack for Oracle GoldenGate: Improper access control in EM Plugin
Summary
The EM Plugin component of Oracle Management Pack for Oracle GoldenGate, versions 13.4.1.0.1 through 13.5.2.0.6, contains an access control weakness (CWE-284). An unauthenticated attacker with access to the physical or adjacent network segment of the host can compromise the product, with a possible takeover of the component. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by another person. No exploitation or public proof of concept is known.
Affected
- Oracle Management Pack for Oracle GoldenGate, versions 13.4.1.0.1 through 13.5.2.0.6 (EM Plugin component)
Fixed in
Unknown. Check the Oracle October 2026 Critical Patch Update advisory or My Oracle Support for the patch version.
Workaround
- Disable or limit the EM Plugin if it is not required for your deployment.
- Restrict access to Enterprise Manager and plugin interfaces to a management VLAN.
- Verify the physical security of hosts running the plugin.
Exploitation
- No known exploitation in the wild.
- Not listed in CISA KEV as of 21 October 2026.
- No public proof of concept found.
- CISA SSVC: exploitation none, automatable no.
- EPSS approx. 0.0018 (low).
Our recommendation
- Check whether GoldenGate with Enterprise Manager and the EM Plugin is installed and needed.
- If not needed, disable the EM Plugin.
- If needed, restrict network access to the management interfaces and apply the October 2026 CPU once the fixed version is confirmed.
- Keep management interfaces off public networks.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – October 2026 www.oracle.com
- OpenCVE – CVE-2026-91517 app.opencve.io
- Vulners – CVE-2026-91517 vulners.com
- VulDB – CVE-2026-91517 vuldb.com
- Brandefense – Oracle October 2026 CPU brandefense.io
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, 21:14.
Original description (NVD)
Vulnerability in the Oracle Management Pack for Oracle GoldenGate product of Oracle GoldenGate (component: EM Plugin). Supported versions that are affected are 13.4.1.0.1-13.5.2.0.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the Oracle Management Pack for Oracle GoldenGate executes to compromise Oracle Management Pack for Oracle GoldenGate. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Management Pack for Oracle GoldenGate. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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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