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Oracle Inventory Management CVE-2026-61023

| EUVDEUVD-2026-47245 MEDIUM
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
2026-07-21 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-pvc9-vq4j-gwrg
6.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: oracle
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Obtain high-privileged local account on EBS host
  2. Delivery
    Satisfy complex exploit precondition in Internal Operations
  3. Exploit
    Trigger vulnerability via privileged session
  4. Execution
    Achieve full takeover of Inventory Management instance
  5. Impact
    Exfiltrate or manipulate inventory and supply chain data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Least privilege enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

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

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires direct logon to the infrastructure host where Oracle Inventory Management executes - this is a local (AV:L) attack vector, ruling out remote unauthenticated exploitation. The attacker must hold high-level privileges (PR:H), consistent with an OS administrative account or an EBS application-tier privileged user such as applmgr or oracle. Attack complexity is rated High (AC:H), meaning specific environmental conditions or a non-trivial sequence of steps must be satisfied beyond mere credential possession - the exact technical condition is not disclosed by Oracle (no CWE assigned). Exploitation is limited to Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15. External or unauthenticated network-based exploitation is not possible given AV:L. The primary limiting factors are: the requirement for prior local infrastructure access, the need for high OS/application privileges, and the high complexity of the exploit itself.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) reflects a meaningful set of attacker preconditions: local infrastructure access (AV:L), high privilege level (PR:H), and high attack complexity (AC:H). All three of these constraints must be simultaneously satisfied, which substantially limits the realistic attacker population to insiders, compromised privileged accounts, or attackers already holding deep footholds within the EBS host environment. Despite this, the impact is maximal (C:H/I:H/A:H) - successful exploitation results in full takeover of the Oracle Inventory Management instance, including confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No EPSS score was provided in the source data, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified independently. There is no CISA KEV listing and no reported POC, suggesting this is not currently being exploited at scale. The tag 'Information Disclosure' alongside the full-takeover impact rating may indicate the vector includes exfiltration of inventory and supply chain data as a primary attacker objective. Overall, this is a real but operationally constrained risk: organizations should prioritize patching in environments with shared privileged access or weak separation between EBS application tiers and OS-level accounts.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An insider or an attacker who has already compromised a high-privileged account (such as an OS-level applmgr or DBA account) on the EBS application server navigates to a condition exploitable through the Internal Operations component, leveraging the required elevated privileges and satisfying the high-complexity prerequisite. Successful exploitation results in full control of the Oracle Inventory Management instance, potentially enabling exfiltration of supply chain and inventory data or manipulation of operational records. No public exploit code is known at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jul 22, 2026

Full takeover of Oracle Inventory Management (E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15) is achievable by a high-privileged attacker with local infrastructure access exploiting a flaw in the Internal Operations component. The CVSS vector (AV:L/AC:H/PR:H) places this firmly in the category of post-compromise or insider-threat scenarios rather than remote opportunistic attacks, yet the confirmed C:H/I:H/A:H impact means a successful exploitation yields complete control of the affected instance. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis; Oracle addressed this in the July 2026 Critical Patch Update.

RemediationAI

Apply Oracle's Critical Patch Update for July 2026, which addresses this vulnerability. The advisory is published at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html. Oracle does not publicly disclose specific patched version numbers outside of My Oracle Support, so administrators should consult MOS patch recommendations for their 12.2.x release. The exact fix version was not independently confirmed from available references. If immediate patching is not possible, compensating controls should focus on constraining local infrastructure access: enforce strict OS-level privilege separation between EBS application accounts and administrative users, audit and restrict who holds DBA or applmgr-equivalent credentials on EBS hosts, and enable OS-level auditing of processes spawned under the application owner account. Restricting SSH and remote desktop access to EBS application servers to only named, MFA-authenticated personnel reduces the attacker's ability to establish the local logon prerequisite. These mitigations carry trade-offs in operational flexibility for DBAs and EBS administrators and should be implemented with change-management review.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Inventory Management 12.2.3 ≤12.2.15

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_inventory_management 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 Inventory Management is a core module of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), an on-premises ERP platform widely deployed in manufacturing, supply chain, and logistics environments. The affected component is 'Internal Operations,' which handles backend processing within the EBS application tier. No CWE identifier was assigned by Oracle or NVD, so the precise root-cause class cannot be confirmed from available data. The CVSS local attack vector (AV:L) indicates the flaw is exercised from within the server or host infrastructure on which EBS executes - consistent with a privileged OS-level or application-tier session rather than a network-facing interface. The affected CPE range spans EBS versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 per EUVD-2026-47245 and the NVD entry.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 6.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 6.4 MEDIUM

Local infrastructure logon and high OS-level privileges are required preconditions; high complexity reflects the difficult-to-exploit nature stated by Oracle.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Inventory Management product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Inventory Management executes to compromise Oracle Inventory Management. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Inventory Management. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.4 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
widely deployed ERP in enterprise manufacturing and supply chain
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
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
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

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