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Oracle Commerce EUVDEUVD-2026-61961

| CVE-2026-71014 CRITICAL
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-08-18 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-hw4r-p47j-5pcv
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
    Discover exposed Endeca Application Controller
  2. Delivery
    Send crafted HTTP management request
  3. Exploit
    Bypass authentication check
  4. Execution
    Read or modify Endeca application data
  5. Impact
    Exfiltrate or tamper with critical data

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 Endeca Application Controller of an Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Experience Manager 11.4.0 deployment; per the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) no authentication, no user interaction, and no special client-side configuration are needed against an exposed controller. The primary limiting factor is exposure of the EAC management interface: deployments that keep the controller on an isolated internal/management network rather than Internet-facing are far harder to reach, and only version 11.4.0 is confirmed affected. No credentials or elevated privileges are required, which removes the most common limiting factor.

Impact

This is a genuine high-priority issue, not merely a high-CVSS paper risk: the CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes remote, low-complexity, unauthenticated exploitation with no user interaction, and Oracle itself characterizes it as 'easily exploitable,' so any operator - even a mid-sized municipal IT team in ustka running an Internet-reachable Endeca controller should treat this as urgent. The impact is high on confidentiality and integrity but none on availability (C:H/I:H/A:N), so the realistic threat is data theft and tampering/merchandising manipulation rather than outright outage. Countervailing signals: there is no CISA KEV listing and no known public POC, and EPSS was not provided, so there is currently no evidence of active or automated exploitation - the risk here is driven by exposure and ease of attack, not by observed campaigns. Because CWE and any EPSS score are missing from the input, the root-cause and empirical-probability signals are weaker than the CVSS score alone implies; the score is otherwise internally consistent (network vector matches the HTTP-reachable EAC).

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker scans for Internet-reachable Endeca Application Controller HTTP endpoints and sends a crafted management request that bypasses authentication, then reads sensitive catalog/index configuration and merchandising data or modifies and deletes Endeca application content. Because no credentials or user interaction are required and complexity is low, the attack can be scripted at scale; no public POC is currently known, so an adversary would need to develop the request themselves.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 18, 2026

Unauthorized data read and write against Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Experience Manager 11.4.0 is possible via its Endeca Application Controller, which a remote unauthenticated attacker can reach over HTTP. The flaw, disclosed by Oracle and tagged as an authentication bypass, yields high confidentiality and integrity impact (CVSS 9.1) but no availability impact, meaning an attacker can create, delete, or modify critical Endeca data or read all accessible data without any credentials. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but the low attack complexity and lack of authentication make it a strong patching priority.

RemediationAI

Apply the fixes from the Oracle Critical Patch Update of August 2026 (Patch available per vendor advisory) referenced at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html; no standalone fixed version string was provided, so obtain the specific EAC/Oracle Commerce 11.4.0 patch from that CPU. Until patched, the highest-value compensating control is to remove the Endeca Application Controller from any Internet-facing exposure and restrict its HTTP management ports to a trusted management network or VPN/allowlist of administrative hosts - trade-off: remote administration and any external automation of deployments will break and must move onto the trusted segment. Additionally, front the EAC with an authenticating reverse proxy or WAF that blocks unauthenticated access to controller endpoints (trade-off: risk of blocking legitimate automated deploy calls if not carefully scoped), and monitor EAC logs for unexpected provisioning, deployment, or data-modification operations. No exact fixed build number was in the input, so confirm the precise patch level against the Oracle CPU before deployment.

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 (formerly Endeca) is an enterprise faceted-search and merchandising platform; the affected component, the Endeca Application Controller (EAC), is the administrative control plane that provisions, deploys, and manages Endeca applications and Dgraph/MDEX search engine instances across a cluster. The EAC exposes HTTP/web-service endpoints for these management operations, and the 'Authentication Bypass' tag indicates the vulnerability lets a caller invoke privileged controller functions without valid authentication. No CWE was assigned by the source (CWE: N/A), but the behavior is consistent with a missing or improper authentication check on an administrative interface (CWE-287/CWE-306 class). Only version 11.4.0 is called out as supported-and-affected.

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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

Remote unauthenticated HTTP access to the controller (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N) with low complexity; high confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact, matching an authentication bypass on a management interface.

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: Endeca Application Controller). 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 contains a critical authentication bypass (CVE-2026-71014) allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to access, modify, or delete customer and product data without any credentials. This vulnerability directly exposes confidential customer information and enables tampering with critical e-commerce operations, with no vendor patch currently available.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: (1) restrict network access to Endeca Application Controller via WAF rules, network segmentation, or IP allowlisting; (2) implement request filtering for suspicious data read/write operations; (3) enable comprehensive audit logging on the affected component; (4) establish 24/7 monitoring for exploitation indicators; (5) maintain contingency plans for data restoration if unauthorized modifications are detected.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 77% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
legacy enterprise e-commerce search platform, limited and declining deployment
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 CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
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
Out-of-Cycle
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact
Very High
Technical Impact
Total

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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