CVE-2021-2464: Oracle Engineered Systems Utilities

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Vulnerability in Oracle Linux (component: OSwatcher). Supported versions that are affected are 7 and 8. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Linux executes to compromise Oracle Linux. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Linux. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected products

• Oracle Engineered Systems Utilities: version 12.1.0.2 only; version 19c only; version 21c only
• Oracle Linux: version 7 only; version 8 only

Published 2021-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.