# CVE-2021-2363: Missing authorization in Public Sector Financials (International)

> Low-privileged attackers can bypass authorization to read, create, delete, or modify critical data in Oracle Public Sector Financials.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jul 2021
- **Updated:** 26 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hv7j-vjwc-jw5q

## What is CVE-2021-2363?

CVE-2021-2363 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Public Sector Financials (International), published on 20 Jul 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Public Sector Financials (International) product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Authorization). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.1-12.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Public Sector Financials (International). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Public Sector Financials (International) accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Public Sector Financials (International) accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-2363?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Public Sector Financials.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-2363?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-2363 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-2363 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-2363 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation Public Sector Financials (International)

- [CVE-2026-62478](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-62478/): Auth bypass in Oracle Public Sector Financials (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-46967](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46967/): Auth bypass in Oracle Public Sector Financials (International) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-46923](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46923/): Auth bypass in Oracle Public Sector Financials (International) (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2026-46823](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46823/): Missing authorization in Oracle Public Sector Financials (International) (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2026-60927](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60927/): Auth bypass in Oracle Public Sector Financials (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-2363 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-2363 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Public Sector Financials (International), published on 20 Jul 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-2363 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation Public Sector Financials (International). 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-2021-2363/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2363/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-2363
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2363
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-2363

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