# CVE-2018-3179: Information disclosure in Identity Manager

> Unauthenticated attackers can read sensitive data and cause partial denial of service in Oracle Identity Manager via HTTP.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2018
- **Updated:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-89w8-73q4-2498

## What is CVE-2018-3179?

CVE-2018-3179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Identity Manager, published on 17 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Identity Manager component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Advanced Console). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.2.3.0 and 12.2.1.3.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Identity Manager. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Identity Manager, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Identity Manager accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Identity Manager. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3179?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Identity Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-3179?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3179 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-3179 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation Identity Manager

- [CVE-2025-61757](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-61757/): Oracle Fusion Middleware Missing Authentication for Critical Function (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-10151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10151/): Auth bypass in Identity Manager (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-60720](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60720/): Auth bypass in Oracle Identity Manager (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-61066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-61066/): Auth bypass in Oracle Identity Manager (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-35268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-35268/): Auth bypass in Identity Manager (critical 9.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-3179 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-3179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Identity Manager, published on 17 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation Identity Manager. 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-2018-3179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3179/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3179
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3179
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3179

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