Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privileged local logon
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ExploitAccess Elastic Charging Engine infrastructure
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ExecutionExploit Security component flaw
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ImpactRead subset of ECE data
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 | Requires the attacker to already possess a low-privileged account with logon access to the infrastructure/host where Oracle Communications BRM - Elastic Charging Engine executes (PR:L, AV:L) - it is NOT remotely or network-exploitable. No user interaction is needed (UI:N) and attack complexity is low (AC:L). Exploitation is limited to one of the listed affected versions (15.0.0.0.0, 15.0.1.0.0, 15.1.0.0.0, 15.2.0.0.0) and yields only unauthorized read access to a subset of ECE data, with no write or availability impact. The key limiting factors defenders can rely on are the local-access and prior-authentication requirements, which confine realistic risk to insiders or an attacker who has already compromised the server. |
| Impact | This is a low-severity issue that is not a patching priority on its own. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 3.3 with vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, meaning exploitation requires local logon to the infrastructure where the Elastic Charging Engine runs, already-held low-level privileges (PR:L), low attack complexity, and no user interaction; impact is limited to unauthorized read of a subset of data (C:L) with no integrity or availability impact. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public POC was provided in the intelligence set, so there is no evidence of active or probable exploitation - exploitation status is therefore 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The signals are internally consistent (low score, local vector, authenticated precondition, confidentiality-only), with no conflict between the description and the CVSS vector. Note a likely metadata conflict: the input tag 'Authentication Bypass' contradicts the vulnerability itself, which requires an authenticated low-privileged logon (PR:L) and yields only partial read access - it is not an authentication bypass. Overall this is a genuinely low-risk, low-priority finding best handled in normal Oracle Critical Patch Update cycles rather than as an emergency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged user who already has a valid logon to the host running Oracle Communications BRM - Elastic Charging Engine abuses the flaw to read a subset of data in the Security component that should be outside their authorization. Because the vector is local (AV:L) with low complexity and no user interaction, a malicious insider or an attacker who has already gained a foothold on the server can trigger it reliably. No public exploit code is known at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
A locally exploitable information-disclosure flaw in Oracle Communications BRM - Elastic Charging Engine (versions 15.0.0.0.0, 15.0.1.0.0, 15.1.0.0.0 and 15.2.0.0.0) lets an attacker who already holds a low-privileged logon on the host read a subset of data the ECE component would otherwise keep out of reach. The CVSS 3.1 base score is only 3.3 (AV:L/PR:L/AC:L/UI:N/C:L/I:N/A:N), so there is no write or availability impact and no path to full compromise from the network - realistic exposure is limited to insiders or an adversary who has already landed on the server. No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified at time of analysis; Oracle addresses the issue in its October 2026 Critical Patch Update.
RemediationAI
Apply the Elastic Charging Engine fix published in the Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2026 (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html) - Oracle CPU patches are cumulative, so moving to the latest 15.x release in that advisory resolves this CVE along with any others pending for the same train; the advisory, not this analysis, is the source of the exact patched build number, and no standalone one-off patch is referenced in the available intelligence. Because the vector is AV:L/PR:L, the highest-value compensating control is reducing who can log on to ECE hosts at all: strip interactive shell and application logon rights from non-operational accounts, enforce per-role least privilege inside ECE, and place charging hosts behind jump-host access with session logging - the trade-off is added friction for operators and support staff who currently connect directly. Network segmentation that limits who can reach ECE management ports reduces the population able to obtain the prerequisite local foothold, though it does nothing against a genuine insider. Until the CPU is applied, tighten monitoring for unusual read patterns against ECE data stores by low-privileged principals, and treat the 'Authentication Bypass' tag on this record with caution - the assessed vector requires prior credentials, so controls built around that assumption remain valid. Given the 3.3 score and read-only, host-local impact, this should be scheduled in the normal CPU cycle rather than treated as an emergency patch.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Elastic Charging Engine is the real-time charging and balance-management tier inside Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM), handling session rating, balance reservation and policy counters for telecom operators. The defect sits in the component Oracle labels simply 'Security' and is a CWE-unclassified access-control weakness: a principal that should be confined to a narrow privilege set can reach data outside its intended scope, which is why the impact maps to C:L only (read of a subset of ECE-accessible data). The CVSS vector AV:L/PR:L is the defining constraint - the attacker must first obtain a valid low-privileged operating-system or application logon on the infrastructure hosting ECE, meaning the vulnerability is a privilege-boundary or authorization-check weakness rather than a remotely reachable injection or deserialization flaw. Although community tags circulating with the record include 'Authentication Bypass', the assessed vector does not support bypass of authentication from an unauthenticated position; it describes an authenticated, host-local disclosure. Absence of a CWE assignment from the reporter means defenders should treat the root cause as an unspecified authorization/ACL enforcement gap in the ECE security layer and validate their own role separation accordingly.
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Description states a low-privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure gains partial read access, so AV:L and PR:L with C:L only and no I/A impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).
CVSS VectorVendor: oracle
DescriptionCVE.org
Vulnerability in the Oracle Communications BRM - Elastic Charging Engine product of Oracle Communications (component: Security). Supported versions that are affected are 15.0.0.0.0, 15.0.1.0.0, 15.1.0.0.0 and 15.2.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Communications BRM - Elastic Charging Engine executes to compromise Oracle Communications BRM - Elastic Charging Engine. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Communications BRM - Elastic Charging Engine accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
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