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CVE-2019-2616 Oracle CVE debrief

CVE-2019-2616 affects Oracle BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) and is described as an unauthorized access vulnerability. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-25, which means it should be treated as a known-exploited issue and prioritized for remediation. The supplied corpus does not provide deeper technical root-cause details, affected versions, or exploit conditions.

Vendor
Oracle
Product
BI Publisher (Formerly XML Publisher)
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-03-25
Original CVE updated
2022-03-25
Advisory published
2022-03-25
Advisory updated
2022-03-25

Who should care

Oracle BI Publisher administrators, identity and access management teams, security operations, and asset owners responsible for Oracle enterprise applications should prioritize this CVE. Any organization running BI Publisher, especially where it is exposed to broader internal or external networks, should review it urgently.

Technical summary

The available source data identifies CVE-2019-2616 as an Oracle BI Publisher unauthorized access vulnerability. CISA’s KEV entry confirms it is a known-exploited issue and directs defenders to apply vendor updates per Oracle instructions. No additional technical breakdown, such as the precise flaw mechanism, version range, or required attacker preconditions, is provided in the supplied corpus.

Defensive priority

High. CISA KEV inclusion is a strong indicator that this vulnerability is actively relevant to defenders and should be remediated as soon as possible according to Oracle guidance.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Apply Oracle updates per vendor instructions as soon as possible.
  • Inventory all deployments of Oracle BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher), including test, staging, and overlooked instances.
  • Confirm whether any instances are exposed to untrusted networks or external-facing applications and restrict access where possible.
  • Review authentication, authorization, and access-control logs for unusual activity around BI Publisher services.
  • If immediate patching is not possible, implement compensating controls to reduce access and exposure until remediation is complete.

Evidence notes

This debrief is grounded in the supplied CISA KEV source item and official resource links only. The source metadata states: vendorProject Oracle, product BI Publisher (Formerly XML Publisher), vulnerabilityName Oracle BI Publisher Unauthorized Access Vulnerability, dateAdded 2022-03-25, dueDate 2022-04-15, requiredAction Apply updates per vendor instructions, and knownRansomwareCampaignUse Unknown. No CVSS score, version range, or exploit mechanism was provided in the corpus.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2019-2616 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-2616

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2019-2616 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2616

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.