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Oracle Project Costing EUVDEUVD-2026-46755

| CVE-2026-60340 HIGH
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
2026-07-21 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-xgfw-r9qr-5cg8
7.2
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
    Obtain high-privilege EBS account
  2. Delivery
    Reach Enterprise Command Center over HTTP
  3. Exploit
    Send crafted request to Project Costing ECC
  4. Execution
    Abuse privileged access flaw
  5. Impact
    Take over Project Costing module (read/alter/destroy costing data)

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Least privilege enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

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 already hold high privileges within Oracle E-Business Suite (CVSS PR:H) and network HTTP access to the Enterprise Command Center component of Oracle Project Costing on a running EBS 12.2.3-12.2.15 instance. No user interaction is needed (UI:N) and attack complexity is low (AC:L), but the PR:H prerequisite is the key limiting factor: an unprivileged or anonymous user cannot exploit this, which confines realistic risk to insiders, compromised privileged accounts, or post-exploitation lateral movement. Deployment must include the Enterprise Command Center for Project Costing being provisioned and web-accessible.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 7.2) shows a network-reachable, low-complexity attack with no user interaction that yields full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact - but critically requires PR:H, meaning the attacker must already hold high privileges in the EBS environment. That single factor is what keeps the score at High (7.2) rather than Critical: this is not an unauthenticated internet-facing takeover but a privilege-dependent compromise, most relevant as a post-authentication or insider/lateral-movement risk. No EPSS score, SSVC decision, or KEV entry was provided; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, so real-world exploitation pressure appears low today. Oracle's 'easily exploitable' language is consistent with AC:L but does not override the PR:H prerequisite. Net assessment: a genuine but conditional priority - high value where an attacker can obtain EBS privileges, lower urgency for organizations with tightly controlled EBS access, and it should be patched on the normal Oracle CPU cadence.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who has already obtained a high-privilege EBS account - for example a compromised administrator or a malicious insider with an elevated Project Costing responsibility - sends crafted HTTP requests to the Enterprise Command Center interface and escalates from those privileges to a full takeover of the Project Costing module, reading, altering, or destroying costing data. No user interaction is required and the attack complexity is low, but no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, so an attacker would need to develop the technique independently.

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 – Jul 22, 2026

Full takeover of Oracle Project Costing (part of Oracle E-Business Suite) is possible via the Enterprise Command Center component, where a high-privileged, network-authenticated attacker sending HTTP requests can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the module. Affected releases span EBS 12.2.3 through 12.2.15, and Oracle rates the flaw CVSS 3.1 7.2 while noting it is 'easily exploitable.' There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but a fix is delivered in the Oracle July 2026 Critical Patch Update.

RemediationAI

Patch available per vendor advisory: apply the fixes delivered in the Oracle July 2026 Critical Patch Update (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html), which covers EBS 12.2.3-12.2.15; Oracle does not publish a separate point-release version number for individual CPU fixes, so follow the CPU patch set for your 12.2.x level rather than an invented version string. Because exploitation requires high privileges, the strongest compensating control until patching is to tighten EBS access: minimize the number of accounts holding elevated Project Costing / ECC responsibilities, review and revoke unnecessary privileged grants, and restrict network reachability of the ECC/EBS web tier to trusted internal networks or VPN (trade-off: may disrupt legitimate remote finance users). Enable and monitor EBS audit logging for the Enterprise Command Center and Project Costing responsibilities to detect misuse by privileged accounts. Note that access restrictions do not remove the underlying flaw and only reduce the population of potential attackers.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Project Costing 12.2.3 ≤12.2.15

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_project_costing 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 vulnerability resides in the Enterprise Command Center (ECC) component used by Oracle Project Costing within Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), Oracle's flagship ERP/financials application suite. Enterprise Command Centers are dashboard/analytics frameworks layered on top of EBS modules (built on the Oracle Application Framework and an in-memory search index), which are exposed over the web tier and reached via HTTP. Oracle did not assign a CWE (CWE: N/A) and does not publish component-level root-cause detail in its Critical Patch Update advisories, so the exact weakness class (e.g., injection, access control, or deserialization) cannot be confirmed from the available data; the vendor's own tag of 'Information Disclosure' and the C:H/I:H/A:H impact together point to a full logic/authorization-level compromise of the Project Costing module rather than a simple read-only leak.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 7.2 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.2 HIGH

Network HTTP reach and low complexity, but Oracle states a high-privileged attacker is required, so PR:H; full C/I/A takeover of the module keeps impacts High with unchanged scope.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Project Costing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Enterprise Command Center). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Project Costing. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Project Costing. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle Project Costing in E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3-12.2.15 contains a vulnerability (CVE-2026-60340) enabling full system compromise by authenticated high-privileged attackers. Organizations running affected EBS versions face complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of financial project management data, creating risk to audit compliance, financial accuracy, and operational continuity.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 73% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Oracle E-Business Suite is widely deployed enterprise ERP software
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

36
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +36
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

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