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Oracle GoldenGate for Big Data MiTM Vulnerability 19.x < 19.1.0.0.22 (January 2026 CPU)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 294987

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Synopsis

The Oracle GoldenGate for Big Data application on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Oracle GoldenGate for Big Data application located on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - The Socket Appender in Apache Log4j Core versions 2.0-beta9 through 2.25.2 does not perform TLS hostname verification of the peer certificate, even when the verifyHostName configuration attribute or the log4j2.sslVerifyHostName system property is set to true. (CVE-2025-68161)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Oracle GoldenGate for Big Data version 21.21.0.0.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2026.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 294987

File Name: oracle_goldengate_for_big_data_cpu_jan_2026_CVE-2025-68161.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/22/2026

Updated: 2/3/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68161

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 2.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:goldengate_application_adapters

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle GoldenGate for Big Data

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68161

IAVA: 2026-A-0065