# CVE-2024-20953: Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Deserialization

> A low-privileged attacker can exploit a deserialization flaw in Oracle Agile PLM to achieve full system takeover.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 24 Feb 2025 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f4jc-jxp8-5pv7

## What is CVE-2024-20953?

CVE-2024-20953 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management, published on 17 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Agile PLM product of Oracle Supply Chain (component: Export).   The supported version that is affected is 9.3.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Agile PLM.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Agile PLM. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20953?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-20953?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20953 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 17 Mar 2025.

## Is CVE-2024-20953 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-20953 in the wild since at least 24 Feb 2025.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management

- [CVE-2024-21287](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21287/): Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Incorrect Authorization (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-2725](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2725/): Oracle WebLogic Server, Injection (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-21556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21556/): Missing authorization in Oracle Agile PLM Framework (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-71040](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71040/): Auth bypass in Oracle Agile PLM (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-61167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-61167/): Auth bypass in Oracle Agile PLM (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-20953 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-20953 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management, published on 17 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-20953 in the wild since at least 24 Feb 2025.

Affected product: Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle 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-2024-20953/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20953/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20953
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20953
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20953

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