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Oracle Service Contracts EUVDEUVD-2026-47202

| CVE-2026-60940 MEDIUM
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-07-21 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-vc4r-x3gh-jrjj
5.7
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
    Obtain high-privilege EBS credentials
  2. Delivery
    Identify Internal Operations HTTP endpoint
  3. Exploit
    Craft malicious request exploiting authorization bypass
  4. Execution
    Induce legitimate user to trigger vulnerable action
  5. Persist
    Bypass authorization control
  6. Impact
    Exfiltrate or tamper with Service Contracts data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
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 an attacker with high-privileged network access to the Oracle E-Business Suite instance via HTTP, meaning the attacker must already hold or have compromised a high-privilege EBS account (PR:H). The attack complexity is rated High (AC:H), indicating that specific timing, race conditions, or non-default configuration states must be met - Oracle has not publicly detailed the exact precondition. Human interaction from a person other than the attacker is also required (UI:R), meaning a legitimate user must perform some action (e.g., open a crafted link, submit a form, or execute a business process) for the attack to succeed. Exploitation is limited to Oracle EBS versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15; no availability impact is possible. The 'Authentication Bypass' tag suggests that the high-privilege precondition may be circumventable in practice - this should be treated as an open question until Oracle clarifies in the advisory. Deployments where the EBS instance is not internet-facing significantly reduce risk.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.7 (Medium) is numerically modest but masks meaningful confidentiality and integrity impact (C:H, I:H). AC:H and UI:R are the primary dampeners - the attacker must navigate difficult conditions and induce a separate user to interact (e.g., click a link or perform an action). PR:H further restricts the attack surface to already highly privileged accounts, reducing the realistic threat actor pool to insiders, compromised administrators, or scenarios where lower-privilege escalation pathways exist upstream. No EPSS score was provided, so probabilistic exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified. KEV status is absent and no POC has been identified, consistent with the low-to-medium urgency suggested by the CVSS score. The 'Authentication Bypass' tag warrants attention because it implies the high-privilege requirement may itself be bypassable in certain deployment contexts, creating a potential discrepancy between the stated CVSS PR:H and actual exploitation conditions - defenders should verify this with Oracle's advisory. Real-world risk is moderate for organizations running EBS with externally accessible instances; for air-gapped or intranet-only deployments the risk is considerably lower.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker already possessing high-privileged credentials within Oracle E-Business Suite - or having obtained them through a prior compromise - crafts a specially constructed HTTP request targeting the Internal Operations component of Service Contracts. The attacker then socially engineers or waits for a legitimate user to perform an action (such as approving a contract record) that triggers the vulnerable code path, at which point the authorization check is bypassed. This allows the attacker to read all Service Contracts data or create, modify, or delete critical contract records without the expected access controls applying. No public proof-of-concept exists at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jul 22, 2026

Oracle Service Contracts (E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3-12.2.15) exposes a network-accessible integrity and confidentiality flaw in its Internal Operations component that allows a high-privileged, authenticated attacker to bypass authorization controls and gain unauthorized read or write access to all Service Contracts data. The attack is rated difficult to exploit and requires human interaction from a third party, substantially limiting opportunistic exploitation. No public exploit code or active exploitation via CISA KEV has been identified at time of analysis, though the 'Authentication Bypass' tag signals a meaningful authorization control gap rather than a simple privilege escalation.

RemediationAI

Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for July 2026, available via Oracle support at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html. Oracle's CPU process delivers patches cumulatively, so applying the July 2026 CPU to affected EBS 12.2.3-12.2.15 installations should address this vulnerability; the exact patched release version is not independently confirmed in available references beyond the advisory itself. As a compensating control pending patching, restrict network access to EBS Internal Operations endpoints at the network or WAF layer, limiting reachability to trusted internal IP ranges only - note this may impact legitimate high-privileged administrative workflows. Additionally, review and audit high-privilege role assignments within Oracle Service Contracts to minimize the number of accounts that meet the PR:H precondition. The UI:R requirement means disabling or sandboxing user interaction pathways (e.g., preventing external links in EBS notifications) reduces the practical attack surface. Oracle's quarterly CPU cadence means this advisory may not receive an out-of-band patch; plan for deployment within the next patch maintenance window.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Service Contracts 12.2.3 ≤12.2.15

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_service_contracts no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle Service Contracts is a module of the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) platform, a large-scale enterprise resource planning application used for managing customer service agreements, warranties, and entitlements. The affected component is 'Internal Operations,' suggesting the flaw lies in back-end business logic or API-layer authorization. The 'Authentication Bypass' tag indicates that despite requiring high privileges to initiate an attack (PR:H), the vulnerability enables circumvention of finer-grained authorization checks - a pattern common in EBS where role-based access controls can be undermined by direct object reference manipulation or improperly secured internal endpoints. No CWE is formally assigned, but the behavior most closely maps to CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) or CWE-284 (Improper Access Control). Affected CPE strings were not provided, but the advisory scopes the flaw to EBS versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 5.7 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.7 MEDIUM

Network vector confirmed by HTTP access; AC:H reflects difficult exploitation conditions; PR:H per high-privilege requirement; UI:R per description; no availability impact stated.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Service Contracts product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Service Contracts. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Service Contracts accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Service Contracts accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.7 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 81% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
Oracle EBS widely deployed in large enterprises, not ubiquitous
Data Quality
5 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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
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
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

28
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
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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