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CVE-2023-21969 Oracle SQL Developer

Affected softwareOracle SQL Developer
Affected versionsPrior to 23.1.0
Severity6.7 Medium CVSS 3.1
Fixed inOracle Critical Patch Update April 2023
WeaknessImproper access control (CWE-284)
Published18 Apr 2023
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Vulnerability in Oracle SQL Developer (component: Installation). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 23.1.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle SQL Developer executes to compromise Oracle SQL Developer. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle SQL Developer. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 3 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.22% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

This is a proprietary Oracle product. Oracle's security advisory is the source of public detail for this CVE.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read
Finding This CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗ CPU 2023-Q2 Oracle SQL Developer / Installation (Prior to 23.1.0)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle SQL Developer Installation Prior to 23.1.0

Products and versions

1 product, 1 version entry
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd oracle sql developer generic < 23.1.0

References

URLTags
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2023.html Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2023-04-18By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.