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CVE-2021-35689 — A potential vulnerability in the Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud - Taleo Enterprise Edition

Critical CVSS 9.8

A potential vulnerability in the Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud - Taleo Enterprise Edition. This high severity potential vulnerability allows attackers to perform remote code execution on Taleo Enterprise Edition system. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized remote code execution within Taleo Enterprise Edition and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud - Taleo Enterprise Edition. All affected customers were notified of CVE-2021-35689 by Oracle.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
Published
2022-02-24
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application

Affected products

  • oracle / talent_acquisition_cloud

Matched remediation archetype

Command, code, expression, and template injection

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Check exposure

  • Trace untrusted values to process execution, interpreters, evaluators, template engines, dynamic imports, and administrative scripting features.
  • Determine whether the affected path is reachable across each trust boundary and which service account or host privilege it inherits.
  • Review configuration for optional execution features, unsafe compatibility modes, and shell invocation.

Remediate safely

  • Replace string-built commands or evaluated code with fixed operations and structured argument APIs that do not invoke a shell.
  • Use strict allowlists for operation identifiers and reject unexpected input before it reaches any interpreter.
  • Update the affected component and add inert regression tests covering metacharacters, encoding variants, and alternate request paths.

Authoritative sources

Complete CVE record and remediation plan

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