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Oracle Commerce EUVDEUVD-2026-61925

| CVE-2026-70978 CRITICAL
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-08-18 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-j2fj-vjfm-j62g
9.1
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
    Reach CAS HTTP endpoint over network
  2. Delivery
    Send crafted request bypassing authentication
  3. Exploit
    Invoke CAS data operations unauthenticated
  4. Execution
    Read or modify all accessible data
  5. Impact
    Tamper with search/merchandising content

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 network HTTP reachability to the Oracle Commerce Content Acquisition System (CAS) service of a Guided Search / Experience Manager 11.4.0 deployment; the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, so no authentication, no user interaction, and no non-default configuration are stated as prerequisites. The practical limiting factor is exposure: the attacker must be able to reach the CAS endpoint, so deployments where CAS is confined to an internal/management network are far less exposed than those with CAS reachable from untrusted networks. Only version 11.4.0 is listed as affected, which bounds the population; no specific feature-flag or optional-mode condition was documented in the source data.

Impact

This should be treated as a genuine high priority, not a paper-tiger high score. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes remote, low-complexity, unauthenticated, no-interaction exploitation, and the C:H/I:H impacts mean full read and write of accessible data - an authentication bypass reachable over HTTP is among the most attacker-friendly profiles. Counterbalancing signals: there is no CISA KEV listing (not confirmed actively exploited) and no public exploit identified, so weaponization maturity is currently low; EPSS was not supplied, so probabilistic exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified from this data. Because the affected software sits in customer-facing e-commerce infrastructure that often processes catalog, pricing, and customer-adjacent data, any operator running 11.4.0 - even a mid-sized retailer with a small IT team in mielec - should apply the August 2026 CPU promptly rather than wait for a public PoC to appear. The main uncertainty is the absence of a CWE and technical write-up, so the precise bypass mechanism is inferred from the vector and the 'Authentication Bypass' tag rather than confirmed by a detailed advisory.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who can reach the Oracle Commerce CAS HTTP interface over the network sends a crafted request that bypasses authentication and invokes CAS data operations, then reads sensitive indexed/source content or injects, alters, or deletes records to tamper with the storefront's search and merchandising data. Because the vector is AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, no credentials, social engineering, or complex preconditions are needed; no public exploit code is currently identified, so an attacker would need to develop the request independently.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
No patch listed yet 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 19, 2026

Unauthenticated data compromise in Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Experience Manager 11.4.0 (the legacy Endeca-derived Content Acquisition System) lets a remote attacker read, create, modify, or delete all data accessible to the product over HTTP. The Oracle-supplied CVSS 3.1 base score is 9.1 (C:H/I:H, no availability impact), and the intelligence tag 'Authentication Bypass' aligns with the PR:N/UI:N vector. No public exploit code has been identified and it is not on CISA KEV, but the trivial exploitability (AC:L, no auth, no user interaction) makes it a high-priority patching target.

RemediationAI

Patch available per vendor advisory: apply the fixes in the Oracle Critical Patch Update of August 2026 (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html); Oracle publishes the exact patch set per product in that advisory, and no standalone fixed version string was included in the provided data, so consult the CPU matrix for the 11.4.0 patch bundle. Until the CPU is applied, restrict network exposure of the Content Acquisition System: place the CAS HTTP endpoints behind the internal network or a VPN, block external access to the CAS service ports at the perimeter/reverse proxy, and allowlist only the trusted application and indexing hosts that legitimately call CAS. The trade-off is that locking down CAS reachability can disrupt content-ingestion pipelines or remote administration workflows, so validate crawl/index jobs after applying network restrictions. Given the 'Authentication Bypass' nature, front-ending CAS with an authenticating reverse proxy is a reasonable compensating control if immediate patching is not possible.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager 11.4.0

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_commerce_guided_search_oracle_commerce_experience_manager 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 Commerce Guided Search and Experience Manager are the search, navigation, and content-merchandising layer of Oracle Commerce, historically derived from the Oracle Endeca platform. The affected component is the Content Acquisition System (CAS), which ingests, crawls, and indexes source content for the Endeca MDEX engine and typically exposes HTTP-based service endpoints for record-store and crawl operations. The vendor did not assign a CWE (listed N/A), but the 'Authentication Bypass' tag combined with a PR:N vector indicates the root cause is a missing or improper authentication/authorization check on network-reachable CAS functionality, allowing unauthenticated callers to reach operations that should require privileges.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 9.1 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 9.1 CRITICAL

Unauthenticated HTTP-reachable authentication bypass gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; full data read and write yield C:H/I:H, with no availability impact so A:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/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
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager product of Oracle Commerce (component: Content Acquisition System). The supported version that is affected is 11.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle Commerce Guided Search/Experience Manager 11.4.0 can be compromised by unauthenticated attackers to access and modify all data the system stores, requiring no credentials or user interaction. Organizations operating this legacy system face immediate risk of data theft and unauthorized modification of customer or business-critical information. The trivial exploitation barrier (no authentication, low attack complexity) elevates remediation urgency for any instance with network connectivity.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include: restrict network access to affected systems to trusted internal networks only and disable external connectivity if operationally feasible; implement web application firewall rules to detect and block HTTP requests targeting known data access endpoints; enable comprehensive audit logging on all data retrieval and modification operations; encrypt sensitive data at rest on the system and segment it from downstream systems; monitor for suspicious database queries and data export operations; if the system is not business-critical to near-term operations, consider temporary service disable until patch availability.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 67% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
legacy Endeca-derived enterprise e-commerce search, niche large-retailer footprint
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 CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
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
Out-of-Cycle
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact
Very High

Priority Score

46
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +46
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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