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CISA Mandates 72-Hour Patch for Actively Exploited Oracle Vulnerability

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent directive requiring federal agencies to patch a critical Oracle vulnerability, CVE-2026-21962, within 72 hours. This vulnerability, related to Oracle's HTTP server and WebLogic server proxy plugin, was initially disclosed in January with the highest severity rating but is now known to be actively exploited in the wild. The directive, part of Binding Operational Directive 26-04, mandates that agencies not only apply the patch but also investigate potential system compromises that may have occurred during the seven-month delay since the patch's release. AI

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CISA Mandates 72-Hour Patch for Actively Exploited Oracle Vulnerability

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Davey Winder, Senior Contributor ·

    CISA Gives Federal Agencies 72 Hours To Patch Actively Exploited Oracle Bug

    An Oracle vulnerability patched in January is now being actively exploited, prompting CISA to give federal agencies just 72 hours to secure affected systems.

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