# CVE-2021-2054: Privilege escalation in Database - Enterprise Edition

> High-privileged attackers can compromise Oracle Database RDBMS Sharding via network access, leading to full takeover of the component.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jan 2021
- **Updated:** 26 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4c63-2h4j-qwpx

## What is CVE-2021-2054?

CVE-2021-2054 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Database - Enterprise Edition, published on 20 Jan 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the RDBMS Sharding component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.0.1, 18c and 19c. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker having Create Any Procedure, Create Any View, Create Any Trigger privilege with network access via Oracle Net to compromise RDBMS Sharding. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of RDBMS Sharding. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-2054?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Rdbms Sharding.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-2054?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-2054 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-2054 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-2054 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-2054 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-2054 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Database - Enterprise Edition, published on 20 Jan 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-2054 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation Database - Enterprise Edition. 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-2021-2054/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2054/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-2054
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2054
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-2054

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2054/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.