Oracle APEX (CVE-2026-54285) (July 2026 CPU)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 330304

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is affected by a vulnerability in Oracle APEX (component: Third Party (OpenTelemetry)) as referenced in the July 2026 Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) advisory.

- Vulnerability in the Oracle APEX product (component: Third Party (OpenTelemetry)). Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle APEX.
Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle APEX. (CVE-2026-54285)

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

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the July 2026 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/docs/tech/security-alerts/cpujul2026csaf.json

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 330304

File Name: oracle_apex_CVE-2026-54285.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 7/28/2026

Updated: 7/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-54285

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:application_express

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54285