CVE-2024-21274 Denial of service in Oracle WebLogic Server

High 7.5 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can cause a complete denial of service on Oracle WebLogic Server via HTTP requests.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-21274?

CVE-2024-21274 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Weblogic Server, published on 15 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Console). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.1.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle WebLogic Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21274?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Weblogic Server.

How do I fix CVE-2024-21274?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21274 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2024-21274 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21274 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Weblogic Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6qgf-rh7g-g5v9.

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