Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privileged Oracle EBS credentials
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DeliveryAuthenticate to EBS HTTP interface
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ExploitSend crafted HTTP request to Authorization component
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ExecutionBypass authorization checks
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ImpactRead restricted financial data, modify records, or cause partial DoS
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 | A valid low-privileged Oracle E-Business Suite application account is required - unauthenticated exploitation is not possible per the CVSS PR:L metric. The attacker must have network access to the Oracle EBS HTTP interface (standard port 80/443). No non-default configuration or special feature enablement is described as a prerequisite; any standard deployment of Oracle Public Sector Financials (International) versions 12.2.3-12.2.15 that is network-accessible and has the Authorization component active appears susceptible. Key limiting factors: (1) requires a valid low-privileged application account - organizations with strict account provisioning and no shared or stale accounts reduce exposure significantly; (2) network accessibility - deployments restricted to internal networks or VPN-only access reduce attack surface; (3) the module is public-sector-specific, narrowing the applicable deployment footprint. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) places this at 6.3 - Medium. Key signals: network-accessible (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), but requires a low-privileged account (PR:L), which is a meaningful brake on mass exploitation. Impacts are partial across all three CIA pillars, with no scope change (S:U). No EPSS data was provided in the intelligence package; without it, exploitation probability cannot be quantified. The vulnerability is absent from CISA KEV, and no publicly available POC code was identified, making opportunistic mass exploitation unlikely in the near term. For public sector organizations - the primary deployment base - partial data integrity and confidentiality loss in a financial system carries regulatory and audit risk disproportionate to the raw CVSS score, elevating operational priority. SSVC inference: exploitation status is 'none publicly known'; automatable is plausible (low complexity) but constrained by PR:L; technical impact is partial. Overall: a genuine but not critical patch-cycle priority, elevated for government financial environments. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with a valid low-privileged Oracle EBS account - obtained via phishing, credential stuffing, or insider access - sends crafted HTTP requests to the Public Sector Financials (International) Authorization component, bypassing permission checks that should restrict their access. The attacker can then read financial records outside their authorized scope, manipulate transactions, or trigger conditions that degrade service availability for legitimate users. No public POC code has been identified, meaning this scenario currently requires attacker knowledge of the specific authorization flaw, limiting the realistic threat pool. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 19, 2026
Authorization bypass in Oracle Public Sector Financials (International) - a government-focused module of Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 - permits low-privileged, network-authenticated attackers to read sensitive financial records, perform unauthorized data manipulation (insert, update, delete), and cause a partial denial of service against the affected module via standard HTTP. Oracle disclosed this in the August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update; no public exploit code has been identified and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV at the time of analysis. With a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.3 (Medium), this is a mid-tier priority that warrants timely patching particularly for public sector organizations where financial data integrity is a regulatory obligation.
RemediationAI
Apply Oracle's August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update (CPU), available at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html. Oracle does not publicly disclose the exact patched sub-version number in the CPU advisory text; organizations should follow Oracle's patch application instructions specific to their EBS release track to bring the Public Sector Financials (International) component to the CPU-patched state. No exact post-patch version number is independently confirmed from the available data. As a compensating control pending patching, restrict network-level access to Oracle EBS HTTP endpoints to only authorized, authenticated users via network segmentation or perimeter firewall rules - this raises the attacker's barrier by requiring network proximity, though it does not eliminate the authorization flaw. Additionally, audit low-privileged EBS user accounts and remove or disable any accounts not actively required, limiting the pool of credentials an attacker could leverage; note that this creates ongoing administrative overhead.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) is Oracle's integrated enterprise resource planning platform; Oracle Public Sector Financials (International) is a specialized sub-module tailored for government and public sector financial operations. The affected component is Authorization - the internal access control layer that governs what operations a low-privileged application user can perform. The flaw allows that access control to be circumvented, enabling a user whose permissions should be restricted to nonetheless execute data read, write, and availability-impacting operations. No CWE has been formally assigned (NVD lists N/A), but the root cause class is consistent with CWE-285 (Improper Authorization) or CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) - a failure to enforce appropriate permission checks before processing user-supplied HTTP requests. Affected CPE covers Oracle EBS Public Sector Financials International versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Network-accessible HTTP vector with no complexity; PR:L confirmed as low-privileged account required; partial CIA all warranted by description; scope unchanged.
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CVSS VectorVendor: oracle
DescriptionCVE.org
Vulnerability in the Oracle Public Sector Financials (International) product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Authorization). 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 Public Sector Financials (International). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Public Sector Financials (International) accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Public Sector Financials (International) accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Public Sector Financials (International). CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).
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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.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
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