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Oracle Marketing EUVDEUVD-2026-106048

| CVE-2026-101640 HIGH
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-10-20 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-4477-hr46-446m
8.2
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
    Reach EBS Oracle Marketing endpoint over HTTP
  2. Exploit
    Send crafted request to Audience component
  3. Impact
    Exfiltrate critical data and perform limited writes

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

Requires network HTTP access to an Oracle E-Business Suite deployment running the Oracle Marketing product (Audience component) at versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15; no authentication, no privileges, and no user interaction are needed (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), so default-exposed instances are reachable. The primary limiting factors are deployment-specific: the target must actually run the Oracle Marketing module (not all EBS installs enable it), the HTTP endpoint must be network-reachable to the attacker (external exposure vs. segmented internal-only), and the environment must be at an affected 12.2.x patch level. Impact is bounded to confidentiality of all Oracle Marketing data plus limited write access to some of it; there is no availability impact.

Impact

This is a genuine high-priority issue. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N, base 8.2) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw requiring no privileges and no user interaction, which is the easiest-to-reach exploitability profile and consistent with Oracle's own 'easily exploitable, unauthenticated' description. The impact is confidentiality-dominant (C:H) with limited integrity (I:L) and no availability impact (A:N), so the realistic worst case is mass disclosure of Oracle Marketing data plus some unauthorized insert/update/delete - not a full server takeover. Signals are partly missing: no EPSS score, no CISA KEV entry, and no POC are present in the input, so there is currently no evidence of active exploitation or weaponization despite the high CVSS. One conflict to verify: the input Tags include 'Authentication Bypass', but neither the description nor the CVSS vector characterizes this as an auth-bypass primitive (PR:N simply means no pre-auth is required), so treat that tag as unconfirmed. Net: prioritize patching as a high-severity unauthenticated data-exposure bug, but note that real-world exploitation probability is currently unquantified due to missing EPSS/KEV/POC data.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote, unauthenticated attacker reaches an internet- or intranet-exposed Oracle E-Business Suite instance and sends crafted HTTP requests to the Oracle Marketing Audience component. Because no authentication or user interaction is required, the attacker reads critical Oracle Marketing data and performs limited unauthorized inserts, updates, or deletes. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, so this would require original exploit development.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Unauthenticated HTTP access to the Audience component of Oracle Marketing in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 can let a remote attacker read all Oracle Marketing-accessible data and modify some of it, with no privileges or user interaction required. Oracle rates the issue 8.2 on CVSS 3.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N); exposure depends on the Marketing module being installed and its HTTP endpoints being reachable. Exploitation status at time of analysis: no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and Oracle's October 2026 Critical Patch Update advisory provides the vendor remediation.

RemediationAI

Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2026 (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html), which is the vendor-released remediation for CVE-2026-101640; follow Oracle's CPU installation guidance for E-Business Suite 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 and confirm the Marketing/Audience patches are included. Patch status is 'Patch available per vendor advisory' because no standalone exact fix version was supplied in the input, so do not assume an arbitrary 12.2.x level is fixed. If patching must be delayed, reduce exposure by restricting network access to Oracle Marketing HTTP endpoints through segmentation, reverse-proxy or WAF allowlists, and by disabling the Oracle Marketing module entirely on instances that do not use it; the trade-off is loss of marketing functionality or disruption to legitimate integrations that depend on those endpoints. Monitor web logs for unauthenticated requests to Audience-related paths as a compensating detection control. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, so prioritization should be driven by internet exposure and whether Oracle Marketing is installed rather than by observed attacks.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Marketing 12.2.3 ≤12.2.15

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_marketing 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

The issue resides in the Audience component of Oracle Marketing, a module within Oracle E-Business Suite, and is tagged as an Authentication Bypass in the available intelligence rather than being mapped to a specific CWE (none was supplied). The CVSS vector describes a network-reachable HTTP interface (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), no required privileges (PR:N), and no user interaction (UI:N), which indicates that the authorization or access-control check protecting Audience functionality can be bypassed by an unauthenticated request. Successful exploitation yields high confidentiality impact against all Oracle Marketing-accessible data and low integrity impact allowing some unauthorized insert, update, or delete operations; availability is not affected. No CPE identifiers were provided, so affected-product scoping rests on the vendor and ENISA EUVD version range: Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 with Oracle Marketing deployed.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 8.2 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 8.2 HIGH

Oracle describes easily exploitable unauthenticated HTTP access (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); impact is broad data read (C:H) with partial writes (I:L) and no availability effect (A:N).

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

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Marketing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Audience). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Marketing. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Marketing accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Marketing accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 customers running Oracle Marketing are exposed through the Audience component, where an unauthenticated remote attacker can read all Marketing-accessible data and modify some of it without user interaction. Leadership should care because a reachable Marketing deployment could create a direct confidentiality and data-integrity risk for marketing, customer, or campaign data, though exposure is limited to environments with the module installed and HTTP endpoints reachable; no public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; Oracle's October 2026 Critical Patch Update advisory is referenced as the vendor remediation. Interim mitigations: restrict network access to Oracle Marketing Audience HTTP endpoints, segment Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 from untrusted networks, deploy WAF or virtual-patching rules, monitor and alert on anomalous reads or modifications of Marketing-accessible data, minimize data exposed to the Marketing module, and apply the Oracle CPU when available.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 72% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
Oracle EBS is common in large enterprises; Marketing module is a narrower deployment
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 0.4%
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
Yes
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

41
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +41
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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