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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Unauthenticated SMTP-reachable mailer gives AV:N/PR:N/UI:N; difficult, condition-dependent exploitation warrants AC:H; component takeover yields full C:H/I:H/A:H within an unchanged scope.
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CVSS VectorVendor: oracle
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Vulnerability in the Oracle Workflow product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Workflow Notification Mailer). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via SMTP to compromise Oracle Workflow. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Workflow. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
AnalysisAI
Takeover of Oracle Workflow in Oracle E-Business Suite (versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15) is possible when an unauthenticated attacker reaches the Workflow Notification Mailer over SMTP. The high-difficulty flaw (CVSS 3.1 base 8.1, AC:H) yields full compromise of the Workflow component with confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV; EPSS data was not provided.
Technical ContextAI
The affected component is the Oracle Workflow Notification Mailer, the subsystem of Oracle E-Business Suite's Workflow engine responsible for sending and receiving email notifications (SMTP outbound, and IMAP/SMTP inbound response processing) tied to business-process approvals. Because the attack vector is SMTP and requires no authentication, the weakness most plausibly lies in how the mailer parses or processes inbound/relayed mail content, though Oracle does not publish root-cause detail and the CWE is listed as N/A. No CPE strings were supplied in the intelligence; affected products are identified only from the Oracle textual version range (12.2.3-12.2.15). Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 is a Java/Oracle Database-backed ERP application stack, so a Workflow-component takeover can pivot into the broader EBS application and its stored business data.
RemediationAI
Apply the fixes delivered in the Oracle Critical Patch Update of July 2026 (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html); patch is available per vendor advisory, though the input does not enumerate an exact patched build number per EBS release, so identify the correct CPU patch for your installed 12.2.x level from the advisory. As compensating controls until patching, restrict inbound SMTP reachability to the Workflow Notification Mailer so only trusted mail relays can deliver to it (network ACLs / firewall rules on the mailer's listening interface), and if the inbound response-processing (IMAP/SMTP) capability is not required, disable inbound processing on the mailer - the trade-off is loss of email-based approval responses. Front the mailer with a hardened mail gateway that filters and normalizes messages before they reach EBS, accepting the added mail-flow latency and operational complexity. Monitor Workflow Mailer logs for anomalous message handling as a detective control.
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