Skip to main content

Oracle Concurrent Processing CVE-2026-101707

| EUVDEUVD-2026-106108 HIGH
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-10-20 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-c752-5p84-pghj
7.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: oracle
View

Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach Concurrent Processing web tier over HTTP
  2. Exploit
    Craft request meeting difficult exploit preconditions
  3. Execution
    Bypass access controls without credentials
  4. Impact
    Read, modify, or delete critical EBS data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation is remote and unauthenticated (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N) against the Oracle E-Business Suite Concurrent Processing component reachable over HTTP, affecting versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15. The decisive limiting factor is the high attack complexity (AC:H): Oracle classifies this as 'difficult to exploit', meaning the attacker must satisfy conditions outside their control - likely specific timing, application state, or a race - rather than issue a single deterministic request. Oracle does not name the exact feature, protocol option, or configuration flag that must be present, so the precise precondition is undisclosed. Realistic risk is therefore gated primarily by (a) whether the EBS web tier is exposed to untrusted networks and (b) the attacker's ability to reliably meet the AC:H conditions; there is no availability impact (A:N).

Impact

This is a genuine but second-tier priority. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.4 (HIGH) is driven by network reach (AV:N over HTTP), no authentication (PR:N), and no user interaction (UI:N), combined with high confidentiality and integrity impact (C:H/I:H), which is serious for an ERP data store. The single most important mitigating signal is AC:H - Oracle explicitly describes this as a 'difficult to exploit' vulnerability, meaning successful attack depends on conditions outside the attacker's direct control (timing, race, or specific state), which materially lowers the odds of reliable, repeatable exploitation. No EPSS score was provided in the input, so the statistical exploitation probability cannot be weighed. The CVE is NOT in CISA KEV and no public POC is referenced, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or weaponization at this time. No SSVC decision data was supplied. Net: a real HIGH-severity data exposure/tamper flaw in a sensitive enterprise product, but the AC:H gate and absence of KEV/POC/EPSS signals argue for prompt patching within the normal Oracle CPU cycle rather than emergency out-of-band response - unless organization-specific threat intel elevates it. Note that Oracle E-Business Suite components have been targeted in past campaigns, so exposure of the EBS web tier to untrusted networks increases practical concern despite the complexity barrier.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the Oracle E-Business Suite web tier sends specially crafted HTTP requests to the Concurrent Processing component, and by meeting the specific (difficult, AC:H) preconditions is able to read, create, modify, or delete critical application data without logging in. No public exploit code is referenced, and exploitation requires winning hard-to-control conditions rather than a simple single request.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

Get an e-mail when this CVE is exploited, patched or re-scored. Free account.

Alert me

AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Unauthenticated, remote exploitation of the Oracle Concurrent Processing component in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 can expose and corrupt critical application data, with high confidentiality and integrity impact but no availability impact. Oracle characterizes the flaw as difficult to exploit (CVSS:3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N, base score 7.4) because success depends on conditions outside the attacker's control, such as a specific application state or timing, rather than a single deterministic HTTP request. No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified at time of analysis, and no EPSS score was supplied, so triage priority should be driven mainly by whether the EBS web tier is reachable from untrusted networks.

RemediationAI

Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2026 (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html), which is the vendor-released fix path for this CVE; Oracle CPUs are cumulative, so take the full CPU patch set for your exact EBS 12.2.x application tier level within the 12.2.3-12.2.15 range rather than a single point fix, and validate that the concurrent manager and application tier services are restarted so the patched code is loaded. Patch availability is per the vendor advisory; no standalone per-CVE patch version or vendor workaround was published in the source data, so plan the CPU as the primary control. Where patching must be deferred, the highest-value compensating control is network restriction of the EBS application tier - place the HTTP listener behind a reverse proxy or VPN and allow only known integration and user networks, accepting the trade-off that remote and partner access to concurrent request submission breaks until allow-lists are updated. A WAF or reverse-proxy rule set that rejects anomalous or unauthenticated requests to concurrent-processing endpoints adds defense in depth but is unreliable here because the decisive precondition (AC:H) is undocumented and request shapes cannot be confidently enumerated; tightening concurrent-manager privileges and its request-submission responsibilities for low-trust users reduces blast radius but can disrupt legitimate batch integrations. Finally, enable and review concurrent request and application tier access logs for unexpected unauthenticated submissions, since exploitation would leave request-creation artifacts in that subsystem.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Concurrent Processing 12.2.3 ≤12.2.15

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_concurrent_processing no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle E-Business Suite's Concurrent Processing layer is the request-submission and concurrent-manager subsystem: users and integrations post requests over HTTP to the application tier, which queues them for concurrent managers that execute database work. This CVE sits in that subsystem (Oracle labels the component 'Other Issues') and is rated AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U with C:H/I:H and A:N, meaning the attacker needs no credentials and no user interaction but must fulfill an undisclosed precondition to land a successful attack - Oracle's 'difficult to exploit' classification typically denotes a race, a specific request ordering, or a particular application state that the attacker cannot guarantee. No CWE identifier was assigned by the vendor; the supplied 'Authentication Bypass' tag suggests the root-cause class most likely involves improper authentication or authorization checks (CWE-287/862 family) in the concurrent-request handling path, which would explain how an unauthenticated HTTP request could reach operations normally reserved for authenticated users. Because the record carries no CPE strings, the affected scope is defined only by the vendor's version range for the EBS Concurrent Processing product rather than by machine-readable platform identifiers.

Know when the next one hits your stack

  • Watch products and get an email when something new is published
  • Check this CVE against your own stack and servers
  • Exploit and PoC references, threat intelligence from 22 sources

No credit card · 7-day full trial

Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 7.4 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 7.4 HIGH

Remote HTTP reach with no credentials (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N); Oracle rates it difficult to exploit (AC:H); data read and tamper give C:H/I:H with no service disruption (A:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Concurrent Processing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Other Issues). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Concurrent Processing. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Concurrent Processing accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Concurrent Processing accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 contains a high-severity unauthenticated remote flaw in the Concurrent Processing component that could expose or corrupt critical application data, though exploitation is difficult and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Leadership should care because these EBS versions often underpin finance and operations workflows, and the lack of a vendor-released patch makes exposure management and data-integrity monitoring the immediate priorities.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; restrict EBS web tier and Concurrent Processing access to trusted networks, enforce least privilege, enable monitoring and alerting, validate backups, and perform data-integrity checks.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 74% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Oracle E-Business Suite is a widely deployed enterprise ERP suite
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

37
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +37
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

This site uses cookies essential for authentication and security. No tracking or analytics cookies are used. Privacy Policy