Oracle GoldenGate up to 21.23 Vendor Access improper authorization

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Oracle GoldenGate up to 21.23. Affected is an unknown function of the component Vendor Access Module. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-101601. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle GoldenGate up to 21.23 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Vendor Access Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in Oracle GoldenGate (component: Vendor Access Module). Supported versions that are affected are 21.3-21.23. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle GoldenGate executes to compromise Oracle GoldenGate. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle GoldenGate accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-101601 since 09/28/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/21/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

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Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• GoldenGate

Version

• 21.0
• 21.1
• 21.2
• 21.3
• 21.4
• 21.5
• 21.6
• 21.7
• 21.8
• 21.9
• 21.10
• 21.11
• 21.12
• 21.13
• 21.14
• 21.15
• 21.16
• 21.17
• 21.18
• 21.19
• 21.20
• 21.21
• 21.22
• 21.23

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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