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CVE-2024-20953 Oracle CVE debrief

CVE-2024-20953 is an Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) deserialization vulnerability that CISA added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-02-24. Because it is in KEV, defenders should treat it as actively exploited and prioritize Oracle’s vendor guidance and any available mitigations.

Vendor
Oracle
Product
Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
CVSS
HIGH 8.8
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2025-02-24
Original CVE updated
2025-02-24
Advisory published
2025-02-24
Advisory updated
2025-02-24

Who should care

Oracle Agile PLM administrators, patch managers, security operations teams, and asset owners responsible for systems running Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management should review this CVE immediately. Organizations that cannot quickly patch should assess whether CISA’s recommended mitigations or temporary discontinuation of the product are necessary.

Technical summary

The supplied corpus identifies the issue as a deserialization vulnerability in Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). CISA’s KEV entry provides vendor, product, date added, due date, and mitigation guidance, but does not include affected versions, exploit mechanics, or a CVSS score in the provided data. CISA’s note points to Oracle’s January 2024 security alert as the vendor reference.

Defensive priority

High. KEV inclusion indicates confirmed exploitation and makes this a near-term remediation priority even without a CVSS score in the corpus. Follow Oracle’s instructions or discontinue use if mitigations are unavailable.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Review the Oracle security alert referenced by CISA (CPU Jan 2024).
  • Apply vendor mitigations or patches per Oracle instructions.
  • If mitigations are unavailable, discontinue use of the product as CISA advises.
  • Confirm whether any Agile PLM instances remain in production, test, or dev environments.
  • Track remediation to CISA’s due date of 2025-03-17.
  • Validate that asset owners have verified completion of remediation across all deployments.

Evidence notes

The main evidence source is CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog entry for CVE-2024-20953, which lists Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), dateAdded 2025-02-24, dueDate 2025-03-17, and requiredAction to apply vendor mitigations or discontinue use if mitigations are unavailable. The source item notes also reference Oracle’s January 2024 security alert and the NVD record. The provided corpus does not include CVSS, affected versions, or exploit details beyond KEV inclusion.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2024-20953 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20953

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

  • CVE-2024-20953 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20953

    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.