Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Web Access denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management up to 17.12.20.4/18.8.25.4/19.12.19.0/20.12.14.0/21.12.4.0. This affects an unknown function of the component Web Access. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-36518. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management up to 17.12.20.4/18.8.25.4/19.12.19.0/20.12.14.0/21.12.4.0 (Project Management Software). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Web Access. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The weakness was published 07/19/2022 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022. The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-36518. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240509 (RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.14 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2025:9583)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (240509) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-1319). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 240509
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.14 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2025:9583)

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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-36518 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-36518
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-204300
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/20/2022 08:16
Updated: 03/20/2026 08:55
Changes: 07/20/2022 08:16 (40), 08/07/2022 19:46 (2), 08/07/2022 19:53 (18), 06/26/2025 08:31 (16), 08/28/2025 04:14 (1), 03/20/2026 08:55 (1)
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