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CVE-2020-14864 Oracle CVE debrief

CVE-2020-14864 is an Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition path traversal issue that CISA lists in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. For defenders, the key signal is not just the vulnerability class, but the fact that it was added to KEV, which means CISA considered it known to be exploited and therefore urgent to address. Oracle BI EE environments should be treated as high-priority assets for inventory, exposure review, and vendor-guided remediation.

Vendor
Oracle
Product
Intelligence Enterprise Edition
CVSS
HIGH 7.5
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-01-18
Original CVE updated
2022-01-18
Advisory published
2022-01-18
Advisory updated
2022-01-18

Who should care

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition administrators, IAM and application security teams, vulnerability management programs, SOC analysts, and asset owners responsible for Oracle analytics or reporting platforms.

Technical summary

The official records in the supplied corpus identify CVE-2020-14864 as a path traversal issue affecting Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. The CISA KEV catalog entry confirms the vulnerability is known exploited and directs defenders to apply updates per vendor instructions. No CVSS score was supplied in the corpus, so prioritization should rely on the KEV status and the presence of the affected Oracle product in the environment.

Defensive priority

High. KEV inclusion makes this a priority remediation item even without a supplied CVSS score. Any exposed Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition instance should be assessed promptly and remediated according to Oracle guidance.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Inventory all Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition deployments and versions in the environment.
  • Confirm whether any instances are internet-facing or otherwise reachable from untrusted networks.
  • Apply Oracle updates and follow vendor remediation instructions as soon as possible.
  • If immediate patching is not possible, implement vendor-recommended mitigations and restrict access to the application.
  • Validate that the issue has been addressed by rechecking asset versions and change records.
  • Track this CVE in vulnerability management workflows as a KEV item with urgent remediation SLA.

Evidence notes

The supplied source corpus includes the CVE title and description, the CISA KEV JSON metadata, and official links to CVE.org, NVD, and CISA. The CVE was published and modified on 2022-01-18 in the provided timeline, and CISA’s KEV entry lists the product as Oracle Intelligence Enterprise Edition / Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition with a required action to apply vendor updates. No CVSS score or additional technical impact details were supplied in the corpus.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2020-14864 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14864

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

  • CVE-2020-14864 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14864

    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.