# CVE-2021-35689: Code injection in Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud - Taleo Enterprise Edition

> Attackers can achieve remote code execution and partial denial of service on Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud systems.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v58w-pf44-vjqg

## What is CVE-2021-35689?

CVE-2021-35689 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud - Taleo Enterprise Edition, published on 24 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A potential vulnerability in the Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud - Taleo Enterprise Edition. This high severity potential vulnerability allows attackers to perform remote code execution on Taleo Enterprise Edition system. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized remote code execution within Taleo Enterprise Edition and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud - Taleo Enterprise Edition. All affected customers were notified of CVE-2021-35689 by Oracle.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-35689?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-35689?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-35689 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-35689 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-35689 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-35689 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-35689 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud - Taleo Enterprise Edition, published on 24 Feb 2022. 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-2021-35689 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud - Taleo 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-2021-35689/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35689/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-35689
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35689
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-35689

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35689/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.