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Oracle Payments EUVDEUVD-2026-61650

| CVE-2026-70695 HIGH
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-08-18 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-p83p-gm2c-cm7f
7.7
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
    Send crafted HTTP request to File Transmission
  3. Exploit
    Exploit authorization bypass in payment file handling
  4. Execution
    Access or modify critical Oracle Payments data
  5. Impact
    Pivot to additional EBS modules via scope change

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

Exploitation requires the attacker to hold high-privilege credentials within Oracle E-Business Suite (consistent with CVSS PR:H), have network access to the application tier via HTTP, and target specifically the File Transmission component of Oracle Payments. The high complexity rating (AC:H) indicates additional preconditions such as specific system state, timing, or environmental configuration must be met - exact conditions are not detailed in available data. A notable unresolved ambiguity exists: the reporter's 'Authentication Bypass' tag may indicate the high-privilege requirement is itself part of the flaw's bypass chain rather than a hard prerequisite, which if confirmed would materially lower the exploitation bar. Exploitation is limited by: (1) the PR:H requirement - casual external attackers without EBS credentials are excluded unless the auth bypass negates this; (2) AC:H - reliable exploitation requires non-trivial knowledge of EBS internals; (3) scope limited to EBS versions 12.2.3-12.2.15 only. No user interaction is required once access conditions are met.

Impact

The provided CVSS 3.1 score of 7.7 (High) is driven by Scope Change, High Confidentiality, and High Integrity impacts, partially offset by High Complexity and High Privilege requirements (AC:H/PR:H). In practical terms, this means exploitation is non-trivial: an attacker must already hold high-privilege credentials within the Oracle EBS environment and must navigate complex attack conditions, significantly limiting the opportunistic threat surface. The 'Authentication Bypass' tag creates a notable ambiguity - it may indicate that the privilege requirement is itself bypassable via the flaw, which would substantially elevate real-world risk beyond what PR:H implies. However, this cannot be confirmed from available data and must be verified with Oracle. No EPSS data was provided, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, suggesting no confirmed mass exploitation. Real-world risk is highest for organizations running unpatched Oracle EBS in environments where internal EBS administrative credentials are broadly distributed or where EBS is internet-exposed. The scope change amplifier means a successful compromise could propagate to other EBS financial modules (e.g., Oracle Receivables, Oracle General Ledger), multiplying the business impact beyond the Payments component alone.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker with high-privilege credentials to an Oracle E-Business Suite instance - such as a compromised EBS administrator or a privileged service account - sends a crafted HTTP request to the File Transmission component of Oracle Payments. By exploiting the authorization control weakness (consistent with the reported Authentication Bypass behavior), the attacker reads or modifies critical payment files or transaction records, potentially altering outgoing payment batches or exfiltrating sensitive financial data. Because the vulnerability triggers a scope change, the attacker may then pivot to access data in interconnected EBS modules such as Oracle Receivables or Oracle General Ledger. No public proof-of-concept code has been identified, and high complexity requirements suggest reliable exploitation demands significant knowledge of the EBS internal architecture.

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 – Aug 19, 2026

Unauthorized data access and manipulation in Oracle Payments (Oracle E-Business Suite) versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 is achievable by a network-adjacent, high-privileged attacker exploiting a flaw in the File Transmission component via HTTP. Successful exploitation produces a scope change, meaning compromise extends beyond Oracle Payments to additional E-Business Suite products, enabling complete confidentiality and integrity compromise of critical payment data. No public exploit or active KEV listing is identified at time of analysis; however, the 'Authentication Bypass' tag supplied by the reporter suggests internal authorization controls within the File Transmission component can be subverted despite the high-privilege initial access requirement.

RemediationAI

Apply Oracle's Critical Patch Update (CPU) for August 2026, available via My Oracle Support and documented at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html. This CPU addresses CVE-2026-70695 for all affected Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.x releases; the exact patched version increment should be confirmed against the Oracle CPU patch matrix for the specific EBS installation. No independent confirmation of the precise fix version number is available from the reference data provided. As a compensating control where immediate patching is not feasible, restrict network access to the Oracle Payments File Transmission component by tightening EBS function security profiles to limit access to the fewest necessary high-privilege accounts, and enforce network-layer controls (firewall ACLs or EBS DMZ segmentation) to prevent direct HTTP access to the EBS application tier from untrusted network segments. Note that network restriction alone does not eliminate risk if the 'Authentication Bypass' tag implies credential bypass is possible. Audit EBS access logs for anomalous File Transmission activity during the remediation window.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Payments 12.2.3 ≤12.2.15

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_payments no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle Payments is a financial transaction management module within the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) platform, running on Oracle's proprietary application stack over HTTP. The vulnerable component is File Transmission, which handles structured data exchange - likely payment file generation, ACH/BACs file transfer, or EDI document processing. The CVSS S:C (Scope Changed) flag indicates the vulnerable component operates with a security context that can affect sibling EBS modules, consistent with EBS's tightly coupled module architecture where a compromise of one module's file-handling layer can expose shared data stores. No CWE has been assigned, but the reporter's 'Authentication Bypass' tag points toward a broken authorization or improper access control class of defect (aligned with CWE-284 or CWE-863) within the file transmission workflow, rather than a classic injection or memory-corruption primitive. Affected CPE is inferred as cpe:2.3:a:oracle:e-business_suite:12.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* through cpe:2.3:a:oracle:e-business_suite:12.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* targeting the Payments subcomponent.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 7.7 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 7.7 HIGH

Network HTTP vector confirmed; AC:H and PR:H reflect difficult exploit conditions and high-privilege requirement; S:C and C:H/I:H reflect scope change with full data compromise; no availability impact described.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Payments product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: File Transmission). 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 Payments. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Payments, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Payments accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Payments accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.7 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle Payments in E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3-12.2.15 contains a vulnerability allowing high-privileged attackers to bypass authentication controls in the File Transmission component, potentially compromising payment data and extending access to connected E-Business Suite systems. Organizations running affected versions face immediate risk to payment processing integrity and data confidentiality, with potential lateral movement to other critical business systems.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: (1) Restrict network access to File Transmission component to authorized internal networks only and monitor all access attempts; (2) Disable File Transmission feature if not operationally required; (3) Implement just-in-time privilege escalation and monitor all high-privilege account usage; (4) Enable detailed audit logging for all File Transmission activities with alerting on anomalous patterns; (5) Establish network segmentation between Oracle E-Business Suite and other critical systems to limit scope of potential compromise.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 77% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
large-enterprise ERP platform, not universally deployed
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 0.3%
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· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

38
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

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