# CVE-2018-2876: Deserialization in Retail Integration Bus

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a deserialization flaw in Oracle Retail Integration Bus to read, modify, or disrupt data.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Apr 2018
- **Updated:** 3 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qc6v-3r62-297v

## What is CVE-2018-2876?

CVE-2018-2876 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Retail Integration Bus, published on 19 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Retail Integration Bus component of Oracle Retail Applications (subcomponent: RIB Kernal(Apache Commons Collections)). The supported version that is affected is 13.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Retail Integration Bus. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Retail Integration Bus, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Retail Integration Bus accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Retail Integration Bus accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Retail Integration Bus. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2876?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Retail Integration Bus.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-2876?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2876 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-2876 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2876 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation Retail Integration Bus

- [CVE-2026-46982](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46982/): Auth bypass in Oracle Retail Integration Bus (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-46983](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46983/): Auth bypass in Oracle Retail Integration Bus (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-3444](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3444/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-5476](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5476/): Other in n/a (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-2876 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-2876 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Retail Integration Bus, published on 19 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2876 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation Retail Integration Bus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2876/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2876/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2876
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2876
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-2876

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