Oracle addresses 170 CVEs in its final quarterly update of 2025 with 374 patches, including 40 critical updates.
Background
On October 21, Oracle released its Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2025, the fourth and final quarterly update of the year. This CPU contains fixes for 170 unique CVEs in 374 security updates across 29 Oracle product families. Out of the 374 security updates published this quarter, 10.7% of patches were assigned a critical severity. Medium severity patches accounted for the bulk of security patches at 46.3%, followed by high severity patches at 39.0%.
This quarter’s update includes 40 critical patches across 12 CVEs.
| Severity | Issues Patched | CVEs |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 40 | 12 |
| High | 146 | 57 |
| Medium | 173 | 91 |
| Low | 15 | 10 |
| Total | 374 | 170 |
Analysis
This quarter, the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database product family contained the highest number of patches at 73, accounting for 19.5% of the total patches, followed by Oracle Spatial Studio at 64 patches, which accounted for 17.1% of the total patches.
A full breakdown of the patches for this quarter can be seen in the following table, which also includes a count of vulnerabilities that can be exploited over a network without authentication.
| Oracle Product Family | Number of Patches | Remote Exploit without Auth |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database | 73 | 47 |
| Oracle Spatial Studio | 64 | 46 |
| Oracle Construction and Engineering | 33 | 29 |
| Oracle E-Business Suite | 20 | 17 |
| Oracle Insurance Applications | 18 | 7 |
| Oracle Java SE | 18 | 7 |
| Oracle JD Edwards | 18 | 14 |
| Oracle Retail Applications | 16 | 3 |
| Oracle Secure Backup | 9 | 2 |
| Oracle Communications Applications | 9 | 6 |
| Oracle Supply Chain | 9 | 0 |
| Oracle Enterprise Manager | 8 | 5 |
| Oracle HealthCare Applications | 8 | 5 |
| Oracle Hyperion | 8 | 6 |
| Oracle MySQL | 8 | 8 |
| Oracle Commerce | 7 | 7 |
| Oracle Health Sciences Applications | 7 | 4 |
| Oracle Database Server | 6 | 2 |
| Oracle GoldenGate | 6 | 2 |
| Oracle Analytics | 5 | 3 |
| Oracle Hospitality Applications | 5 | 5 |
| Oracle Essbase | 4 | 2 |
| Oracle Communications | 3 | 2 |
| Oracle Financial Services Applications | 3 | 1 |
| Oracle Fusion Middleware | 3 | 3 |
| Oracle Siebel CRM | 3 | 2 |
| Oracle Graph Server and Client | 1 | 0 |
| Oracle REST Data Services | 1 | 0 |
| Oracle PeopleSoft | 1 | 1 |
Oracle E-Business Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
As part of its CPU release for October, Oracle noted the publication of two separate out-of-band Security Alerts for its E-Business Suite (EBS) to address two zero-day vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-61882 on October 4, and CVE-2025-61884 on October 11, that were exploited in the wild. For more information about these EBS zero-day vulnerabilities, please refer to our FAQ blog post, CVE-2025-61882: Frequently Asked Questions About Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Zero-Day and Associated Vulnerabilities.
Solution
Customers are advised to apply all relevant patches in this quarter’s CPU. Please refer to the October 2025 advisory for full details.
Identifying affected systems
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Get more information
- Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2025
- Oracle October 2025 Critical Patch Update Risk Matrices
- Oracle Advisory to CVE Map
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