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Oracle Forms EUVDEUVD-2026-79430

| CVE-2026-83102 HIGH
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-09-15 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-gwp8-3849-8p96
7.4
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
    Reconnaissance of exposed Forms Services HTTP listener
  2. Delivery
    Craft condition-dependent requests to Forms servlet
  3. Exploit
    Bypass authentication/authorization check
  4. Execution
    Obtain unauthenticated session to Forms application
  5. Persist
    Read critical business data
  6. Impact
    Modify or delete Forms records

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.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N) describes an unauthenticated, remotely reachable flaw whose confidentiality and integrity impact is complete for the Forms application's data, with no availability impact - a strong combination, tempered significantly by AC:H, which tells defenders the attacker must satisfy a non-trivial precondition. That is precisely the profile that gets over-prioritized on raw score alone: 7.4 is HIGH, but a high-complexity, condition-dependent bug is materially harder to industrialize than a 9.8 network drop. There is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV entry, and no POC signal in this dataset, so the honest read is "theoretical-to-conditional exploitation risk, not an emergency," pending Oracle's or the research community's disclosure of the trigger condition. There is also no availability impact and no scope change, so blast radius is confined to the Forms application rather than the host or the database layer - though in practice Forms sits directly in front of high-value business data, which raises the value of the target. Even so, a mid-sized municipal IT team in gliwice running Forms screens for citizen-facing services should treat this as urgent patching on the normal CPU cadence rather than a same-hour incident, because the exploitable precondition is not publicly known, but unauthenticated reachability plus write access to business records is not a risk to sit on. Note a data gap: the absence of EPSS and KEV data in the input means the exploitation-likelihood picture is incomplete and should be re-checked against live feeds before final prioritization.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who can reach the Oracle Forms HTTP listener - for example from an internet-exposed or partner-reachable middle tier - sends specially crafted requests to the Forms Services endpoint and waits for or induces the state in which authentication and authorization checks fail, gaining read and write access to application data. Because the vendor rates the attack complexity as high, the attacker likely needs to probe the target repeatedly to find the right timing or server state, making the exploit opportunistic rather than a single-shot payload. No public exploit code has been observed, so this remains a condition-dependent attack rather than a turnkey tool at time of analysis.

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 – Sep 15, 2026

Unauthenticated network attackers can reach Oracle Forms Services (including the C/S and Charmode components) over HTTP and achieve unauthorized access to, or modification and deletion of, critical data held in the application, in Oracle Forms 12.2.1.19.0 and 14.1.2.0.0. Oracle rates the issue 7.4 with high confidentiality and integrity impact but explicitly characterizes it as difficult to exploit (AC:H), meaning a favorable timing or state condition is required rather than simple request replay. At the time of analysis there is no confirmed CISA KEV listing and no public exploit code identified; exploitability details remain largely undisclosed by the vendor.

RemediationAI

Apply the Oracle fixes published in the advisory at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html for the affected Oracle Forms releases 12.2.1.19.0 and 14.1.2.0.0 - Oracle Critical Patch Update guidance typically requires either the CPU-provided patch for that release line or an upgrade to a newer supported Forms version, and administrators should confirm the exact build number in the advisory rather than assuming a generic update covers it; the input data does not state a specific fixed version string, so verify before declaring remediation complete. Because the flaw is network-reachable over HTTP without authentication, the strongest compensating control while patching cycles complete is to remove unnecessary network exposure of the Forms Services listener: place it behind a reverse proxy or application firewall that enforces allow-listed source ranges, and restrict access to trusted corporate subnets or VPN only - the trade-off is reduced usability for remote or partner users, who will need alternate access paths. If the C/S or Charmode entry points are not actually used in your environment, disable or block those listeners entirely, since they are named as part of the vulnerable surface and removing them shrinks the attack surface with little operational cost. Enable and review middle-tier Forms audit logging and database-level audit trails for unexpected reads or writes from the Forms application account, and monitor for anomalous HTTP request patterns against the Forms servlet; these are detective, not preventive, controls and will not stop a disciplined attacker. Validate that any web application firewall or reverse proxy signature actually covers the Forms request structure before relying on it, and re-test after applying the patch since Oracle has not published the trigger condition.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Forms 14.1.2.0.0
Oracle Forms 12.2.1.19.0

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_forms no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle Forms is the long-lived Oracle Fusion Middleware rapid-application-development runtime that renders Forms modules either through the Java applet/browser client (Forms Services over HTTP/HTTPS) or through the thick client/server and "Charmode" character-mode paths. In this deployment stack a middle-tier Forms Services servlet handles client requests and brokers them to the Forms runtime and the Oracle database, and the same product line underpins Oracle E-Business Suite forms screens. The vulnerability sits in that Forms Services/C-S/Charmode request-handling boundary, where an attacker who can reach the HTTP listener can apparently reach a state in which authentication and authorization checks are not correctly enforced, yielding both read and write access to data the signed-in user should not touch. Oracle assigned no CWE and the advisory gives no root-cause detail, so the precise defect class (logic error in session/authentication handling versus a state-confusion flaw in the servlet layer) cannot be confirmed from the supplied data. The high attack-complexity metric combined with unauthenticated, non-interactive exploitation points to a condition-dependent flaw - likely a race, sequencing, or specific server-state requirement - rather than a straightforward injection or deserialization bug.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 7.4 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 7.4 HIGH

Network-reachable and unauthenticated per vendor, but AC:H reflects an undisclosed condition and no availability impact applies.

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Forms product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Forms Services, C/S, Charmode). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.19.0 and 14.1.2.0.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Forms. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Forms accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Forms accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 73% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise legacy Forms deployments, not consumer or general-purpose software
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· derived
Medium

Priority Score

37
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +37
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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