# CVE-2020-14874: Missing authorization in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management

> High-privileged attackers can modify, read, or disrupt Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management data via network access.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Dec 2020
- **Updated:** 26 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-45c8-47gc-rqw4

## What is CVE-2020-14874?

CVE-2020-14874 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management, published on 22 Dec 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management product of Oracle Cloud Services. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access to compromise Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14874?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-14874?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14874 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-14874 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14874 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-14874 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-14874 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management, published on 22 Dec 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14874 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management. 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-2020-14874/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14874/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14874
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14874
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14874

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