Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privileged EBS account
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DeliverySend crafted HTTP request to Notification Mailer
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ExploitTrigger integrity/availability flaw
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ExecutionCorrupt or delete critical workflow data
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ImpactCause Workflow service crash or hang
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 a valid low-privileged account on Oracle E-Business Suite with network access to the Workflow Notification Mailer via HTTP (PR:L, AV:N per CVSS). The Oracle description characterizes this as 'easily exploitable,' and AC:L confirms no special race conditions, timing constraints, or non-default configurations are needed. What limits exploitation is the authenticated requirement - unauthenticated external attackers cannot exploit this without first obtaining any valid EBS credential. No specific feature toggle or non-default configuration is cited as a prerequisite; any EBS deployment running Workflow Notification Mailer in the affected version range is exposed to credentialed users. |
| Impact | The CVSS 8.1 High score is driven by AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N with I:H and A:H impacts, making this an easily exploitable, remotely accessible flaw requiring only a low-privileged account. The absence of a confidentiality impact (C:N) limits data exfiltration risk but the combined integrity and availability destruction is operationally severe for business-process-dependent environments. No EPSS score was provided, so probabilistic exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified - this is a meaningful gap given the broad EBS install base. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV and no POC code has been identified, which moderates immediate exploitation urgency. However, Oracle CPU advisories are often reverse-engineered by researchers within weeks of release, and Oracle EBS environments are high-value targets. The low attack complexity and low privilege requirement mean that any insider or compromised account could trivially trigger the impact, which elevates practical risk above what CVSS alone conveys. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with a valid low-privileged Oracle EBS account (e.g., a standard business user or a compromised service account) sends a specially crafted HTTP request to the Workflow Notification Mailer endpoint, exploiting the flaw to overwrite or delete critical workflow records or induce a crash loop that renders the Workflow service unavailable. No POC code has been publicly identified, but the low complexity and absence of required user interaction mean exploitation could be scripted with minimal effort once the specific flaw is understood. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 19, 2026
Oracle Workflow's Notification Mailer component in E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 can be compromised by a low-privileged network attacker over HTTP, enabling unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification of critical workflow data and triggering a complete denial of service. The CVSS 3.1 score of 8.1 reflects high integrity and availability impacts with no confidentiality exposure, exploitable with low complexity and no user interaction. No public exploit code or active exploitation via CISA KEV has been identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Apply the patches released in Oracle's Critical Patch Update for August 2026, available at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html. An exact patched version number was not specified in the available advisory data - consult the CPU documentation directly for the applicable patch ID for your EBS version within the 12.2.3-12.2.15 range. If immediate patching is not feasible, consider restricting network access to the Workflow Notification Mailer HTTP endpoint using perimeter firewall rules or Oracle EBS application-level access controls to limit exposure to trusted internal hosts only; note that this may interrupt automated email notification delivery for business workflows. Additionally, audit low-privileged accounts with access to the Workflow component and revoke unnecessary permissions as a compensating control.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Oracle Workflow is an automation and business-process management component embedded in Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), with the Notification Mailer sub-component responsible for routing and dispatching email-based workflow notifications via HTTP/SMTP integration. The affected version range (12.2.3-12.2.15) maps to a long-supported EBS release train commonly found in large enterprise deployments. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U) confirms the attack surface is the Notification Mailer's HTTP-accessible interface, requiring no elevated privileges or special configuration beyond a valid low-privileged account. No CWE was assigned, leaving the precise root-cause class (e.g., injection, improper input validation, authorization bypass) unconfirmed from available data - this is a notable gap in the intelligence picture.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Network-accessible HTTP endpoint, low complexity, low-privileged account required; no confidentiality impact per Oracle description and no scope change.
Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).
CVSS VectorVendor: oracle
DescriptionCVE.org
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. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Workflow. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Workflow accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Workflow. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).
Executive ViewAI
Oracle Workflow Notification Mailer in E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3-12.2.15 contains a remotely exploitable vulnerability allowing authenticated network attackers to modify or delete critical workflow records and trigger complete denial of service without elevated privileges. This poses significant operational risk to organizations dependent on E-Business Suite for order-to-cash, financial close, and approval workflows-potentially halting business-critical processes with no user interaction required.
Implement network segmentation to restrict HTTP access to Notification Mailer to trusted administrative subnets only; deploy Web Application Firewall rules to monitor and block anomalous workflow-related HTTP requests; enable detailed audit logging of workflow data modifications and deletions with alerting on sensitive changes; restrict lower-privileged user accounts' access to Notification Mailer functionality; implement rate limiting on HTTP endpoints to reduce denial-of-service impact.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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EUVD-2026-61878
GHSA-4c73-mhhm-62qp
NVD
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