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Oracle Customer Care CVE-2026-70778

| EUVDEUVD-2026-61729 HIGH
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-08-18 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-6cm5-fjqx-pxp4
8.7
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
    Attacker obtains low-privilege Oracle EBS credentials
  2. Delivery
    Crafts malicious HTTP request to Internal Operations component
  3. Exploit
    Delivers trigger payload to legitimate EBS user via phishing or workflow
  4. Execution
    Victim interacts with crafted request
  5. Persist
    Scope change enables cross-component access
  6. Impact
    Attacker reads or modifies critical Customer Care and adjacent 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 requires the attacker to hold at least low-privilege access within the Oracle E-Business Suite environment (CVSS PR:L), meaning some form of valid credentials or active session is necessary - unauthenticated exploitation is not supported by the available CVSS data, though the reporter's 'Authentication Bypass' tag introduces unresolved ambiguity on this point. A separate victim user must perform an action - such as clicking a crafted link or interacting with a malicious EBS interface element - for the attack to succeed (CVSS UI:R); passive browsing is insufficient. The vulnerability is reachable over HTTP via the network (CVSS AV:N), enabling remote exploitation without physical proximity. The scope change (S:C) requires that the target Oracle E-Business Suite deployment host multiple components sharing trust relationships with Customer Care. Limiting factors include the mandatory victim interaction step, the requirement for at least low-privilege authentication, and the HTTP-only attack surface. If the 'Authentication Bypass' tag is accurate, the effective privilege bar may be lower than PR:L implies, but this is not confirmed by available CVSS or advisory data.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.7 is driven by network accessibility (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), the scope change (S:C), and dual high-impact confidentiality and integrity consequences, representing a credible priority for enterprise Oracle EBS deployments. The required low-privilege authentication (PR:L) and mandatory human interaction (UI:R) constrain fully automated mass exploitation, reducing opportunistic attack likelihood relative to a PR:N/UI:N scenario. No EPSS probability data was included in the available intelligence, and the CVE does not appear in the CISA KEV catalog, meaning confirmed active exploitation has not been publicly established at this time. The 'Authentication Bypass' reporter tag introduces significant ambiguity - even a mid-sized municipal IT team in kielce should treat this as urgent if the tag accurately reflects a privilege escalation path within Internal Operations, though the PR:L CVSS metric does not fully align with a pure authentication bypass, and this inconsistency cannot be resolved from available data alone. The scope change is the primary amplifying factor: successful exploitation can cascade read and write access into adjacent Oracle EBS components, making the effective blast radius substantially larger than an isolated module compromise. Exploitation likely requires targeted social engineering to achieve the required user interaction, further limiting opportunistic attacks.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker holding low-privilege credentials in the Oracle E-Business Suite environment crafts a malicious HTTP request targeting the Internal Operations component of Oracle Customer Care and delivers a trigger - for example, a link embedded in a workflow notification or phishing email - that a legitimate EBS user must interact with. Upon the victim's interaction, the vulnerability fires, granting the attacker unauthorized read and write access to critical Oracle Customer Care data; the scope change extends that access to data within adjacent EBS components that share trust boundaries. No public exploit code has been confirmed, so this scenario currently requires a targeted, hands-on attacker with social engineering capability rather than automated scanning tools.

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

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 19, 2026

Unauthorized data access and modification in Oracle Customer Care (E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15) is achievable by network-authenticated low-privileged attackers through the Internal Operations component via HTTP, with successful exploitation requiring victim interaction and producing a scope change that can compromise additional Oracle E-Business Suite components. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.7, reflecting high confidentiality and integrity impacts with a cross-component blast radius. Oracle's August 2026 Critical Patch Update confirms the issue; no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and this CVE does not appear in the CISA KEV catalog.

RemediationAI

Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update for August 2026, referenced at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html, which addresses this vulnerability across the affected Oracle Customer Care version range (12.2.3 through 12.2.15). The exact patched release version is not independently confirmed beyond the CPU advisory URL - administrators should consult Oracle My Oracle Support (MOS) for the specific patch set identifiers applicable to their deployed EBS release. Where immediate patching is not feasible, restrict HTTP access to the Internal Operations component of Oracle Customer Care to trusted internal network segments, limiting the pool of potential low-privilege attackers who can reach the vulnerable endpoint; note that this does not eliminate risk from insider threats or compromised internal accounts. Because the vulnerability requires human interaction (UI:R), targeted phishing or social engineering is a likely delivery mechanism - enforcing user awareness programs and suspicious-link reporting procedures can reduce exploitation probability as a compensating control, but these should not substitute for patching. If the 'Authentication Bypass' tag reflects an actual authorization bypass, stricter session validation and anomaly detection on EBS authentication logs may provide additional detection coverage.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Customer Care 12.2.3 ≤12.2.15

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_customer_care no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle Customer Care is a CRM module within Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), an integrated enterprise resource planning platform widely deployed across large organizations. The affected component is Internal Operations, and the vulnerability spans the full supported range from version 12.2.3 through 12.2.15. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N) indicates network-accessible exploitation with low complexity, a requirement for low-privilege credentials, a mandatory victim interaction step, and a scope change - meaning successful exploitation extends impact beyond Oracle Customer Care into other components sharing trust boundaries within the EBS ecosystem. No CWE root cause classification was provided in available data, though the reporter-supplied 'Authentication Bypass' tag suggests a possible authorization control flaw in the Internal Operations component. The discrepancy between the 'Authentication Bypass' tag and the PR:L CVSS metric (which implies some authentication is still required) is an unresolved inconsistency that warrants clarification against the vendor advisory.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 8.7 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 8.7 HIGH

Network HTTP delivery confirmed, low-privilege authentication required per description, victim interaction mandatory, scope change to adjacent EBS components, no availability impact described.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Customer Care product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Customer Care. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Customer Care, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Customer Care accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Customer Care accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.7 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle Customer Care (E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3-12.2.15) vulnerability enables customer data theft and unauthorized modifications through compromised user accounts, with potential to cascade to other EBS systems. Organizations operating affected versions face immediate risk of customer data exposure and integrity compromise.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Restrict network access to the Internal Operations component via firewall rules limiting to administrative IP ranges; enforce multi-factor authentication on all E-Business Suite accounts; enable comprehensive audit logging and alerting for unauthorized customer data access or modifications; disable non-critical Internal Operations functionality; establish detection rules for suspicious data export or bulk modifications.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 75% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
large enterprise ERP platform, not universally deployed across all organizations
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

44
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +44
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.

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