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Oracle General Ledger EUVDEUVD-2026-61715

| CVE-2026-70764 HIGH
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-08-18 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-cf98-5qvc-2xgq
7.6
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 low-privileged Oracle EBS account
  2. Delivery
    Send crafted HTTP request to Internal Operations endpoint
  3. Exploit
    Bypass authorization controls
  4. Execution
    Exfiltrate complete General Ledger financial data
  5. Persist
    Modify or insert records for fraud or disruption
  6. Impact
    Cause partial unavailability of GL service

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 a valid low-privileged account within the Oracle E-Business Suite application - specifically, network access to the EBS HTTP service on the affected versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15. No user interaction by a victim, no elevated privileges beyond a basic EBS account, and no special non-default configuration are required. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) confirms this is exploitable under standard deployment conditions by any authenticated EBS user over HTTP. The key limiting factor is possession of any valid EBS account, which restricts the attacker pool to insiders, compromised credential holders, or accounts obtained through phishing. The 'Authentication Bypass' tag in the EUVD advisory potentially implies that even this credential requirement may be reducible - this should be verified against the Oracle CPU advisory, as it would change the effective PR metric from L to N.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.6 (High) reflects the combination of network accessibility, low attack complexity, low required privileges, and high confidentiality impact - signals that together indicate a realistic and relatively easy-to-exploit flaw in production EBS deployments. The attack vector is AV:N/AC:L, meaning no specialized conditions, network positioning, or race conditions are required, and even a mid-sized municipal IT team in zabrze operating Oracle EBS should treat this as an urgent patching priority given standard user accounts would be sufficient for exploitation. The integrity and availability impacts are partial (I:L/A:L), moderately reducing urgency compared to a full-compromise scenario, but the complete confidentiality exposure (C:H) against a financial ledger system is significant given the sensitivity of general ledger data. EPSS score is not available in the provided data, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. No CISA KEV listing and no public POC exist at time of analysis, suggesting this is a disclosed-but-not-yet-weaponized vulnerability. However, the 'Authentication Bypass' tag from the EUVD advisory creates a noteworthy tension with the CVSS PR:L metric: if true authentication bypass were possible, PR:N would be expected - this discrepancy should be verified against the Oracle CPU advisory before concluding that a valid low-privileged account is strictly required. Overall, this is a real and actionable priority for organizations running Oracle EBS, not a theoretical or noise-level finding.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker holding a low-privileged Oracle EBS account - such as a read-only finance clerk or a service account with minimal assigned roles - sends crafted HTTP requests to the General Ledger Internal Operations endpoint, exploiting the authorization bypass flaw to enumerate and extract complete General Ledger financial data including journal entries, account balances, and intercompany transactions, while also inserting or modifying a subset of records. No public POC has been identified, but the low attack complexity (AC:L) means a motivated attacker familiar with EBS internal APIs could develop working exploit code without significant effort.

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 partial denial of service affect Oracle General Ledger versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15, a core financial management component of Oracle E-Business Suite. A low-privileged, network-authenticated attacker can exploit the Internal Operations component via HTTP to gain complete read access to all Oracle General Ledger data, perform unauthorized insert/update/delete operations on a subset of that data, and cause a partial availability disruption. No public exploit code has been identified and this vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Apply Oracle's August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update (CPU), available via the Oracle Security Alert advisory at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html. The CPU is the primary and recommended fix; an exact patched version number was not independently extractable from the available advisory references. As a compensating control prior to patching, restrict network access to the Oracle EBS HTTP layer to only authorized internal network segments and VPN-connected users, reducing the attacker pool to those who already have internal access. Additionally, review and enforce least-privilege role assignments within Oracle EBS to limit which accounts have access to the General Ledger Internal Operations component - reducing the blast radius if exploitation occurs. Audit EBS application-tier access logs for anomalous data access patterns against the General Ledger module. Note that network segmentation does not eliminate the vulnerability but meaningfully raises the bar for exploitation by requiring an attacker to first gain a foothold on an authorized network segment.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle General Ledger 12.2.3 ≤12.2.15

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_general_ledger 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

Oracle General Ledger is a financial management module within Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), handling journal entries, period close, intercompany accounting, and reporting functions. The affected component is labeled 'Internal Operations,' indicating the vulnerability likely resides in back-end processing logic or internal API endpoints rather than the primary UI layer. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) confirms the flaw is reachable over HTTP without user interaction, requiring only a low-privileged EBS account. The CWE classification has not been disclosed by Oracle, which is consistent with Oracle's standard CPU disclosure policy of withholding root-cause details. The tags 'Authentication Bypass' and 'Denial Of Service' from the EUVD advisory suggest the underlying flaw may allow an authenticated low-privileged user to bypass authorization controls and access data or functions beyond their assigned role - a privilege escalation-style weakness within the application's access control layer. Affected CPE is Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 7.6 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
vuln.today AI 7.6 HIGH

Network HTTP access with a low-privileged EBS account suffices; confidentiality fully compromised but integrity and availability impacts are partial per description.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle General Ledger product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). 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 General Ledger. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle General Ledger accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle General Ledger accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle General Ledger. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle General Ledger versions 12.2.3-12.2.15 contain a high-severity vulnerability allowing authenticated attackers to read all financial ledger data and modify a subset of records, creating material risk to financial data integrity and compliance. This affects organizations using Oracle E-Business Suite and requires immediate inventory and mitigation action given the absence of vendor patches.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: restrict network access to the Internal Operations component via firewall rules and IP whitelisting; enforce multi-factor authentication for all GL user accounts; enable and monitor detailed audit logs for GL data read and write operations; limit low-privileged account permissions to read-only where operationally feasible; implement database activity monitoring to detect unauthorized INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations on GL tables.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 73% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise ERP deployed across large finance-sector and government organizations
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

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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