Vulnerability in the Oracle Argus Safety component of Oracle Health Sciences Applications…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Vulnerability in the Oracle Argus Safety component of Oracle Health Sciences Applications (subcomponent: File Upload). Supported versions that are affected are 7.x and 8.0.x. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Argus Safety. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Argus Safety, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Argus Safety accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Argus Safety accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Argus Safety. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle | Argus Safety | 7.x; 8.0.x | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Argus Safety VendorOracle Affected 7.x; 8.0.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 7
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0 | Vulnerable | Oracle |
| cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0.1 | Vulnerable | Oracle |
| cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0.2 | Vulnerable | Oracle |
| cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0.3 | Vulnerable | Oracle |
| cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0.5 | Vulnerable | Oracle |
| cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.0 | Vulnerable | Oracle |
| cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.0.1 | Vulnerable | Oracle |
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Oracle
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.1 Vulnerable ·Oracle
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.2 Vulnerable ·Oracle
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.3 Vulnerable ·Oracle
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.5 Vulnerable ·Oracle
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Oracle
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:argus_safety:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.1 Vulnerable ·Oracle
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-2642
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-857j-69r5-fpw7
More Oracle Argus Safety vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-01932 Vulnerability in the Oracle Argus Safety component of Oracle Health Sciences Applications… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2021-02021 Broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Oracle WebLogic Server CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2010-03422 Unspecified vulnerability in the Health Sciences - Oracle Argus Safety component in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-01988 Vulnerability in the Oracle Argus Safety component of Oracle Health Sciences Applications… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2019-07539 Cross-site scripting in hibernate-validator CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2019-01989 Vulnerability in the Oracle Argus Safety component of Oracle Health Sciences Applications… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2018-2642 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-2642 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-857j-69r5-fpw7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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