CVE-2020-14864 Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Path Transversal

Exploited in the wild High 7.5 Published 21 Oct 2020 Updated 12 Jan 2026

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw to access critical data in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

Exploited in the wild: Since 18 Jan 2022
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-14864?

CVE-2020-14864 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Oracle Business Intelligence, published on 21 Oct 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Installation). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.0.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14864?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Business Intelligence.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14864?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14864 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 18 Jul 2022.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2020-14864 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2020-14864 in the wild since at least 18 Jan 2022.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 Nuclei template.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-p833-99r6-7hqr.