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Oracle E-Business Suite EUVDEUVD-2026-79530

| CVE-2026-83178 HIGH
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-09-15 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-7c6j-mcjh-c9f6
8.0
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 account
  2. Delivery
    Send crafted HTTP request to AOL Core
  3. Exploit
    Trigger difficult-to-exploit condition
  4. Execution
    Take over Application Object Library
  5. Impact
    Pivot to additional EBS products 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

Requires an attacker who already holds HIGH application privileges (PR:H) within Oracle E-Business Suite and network HTTP access to the Application Object Library Core component; affected builds are EBS 12.2.3 through 12.2.15. Exploitation is explicitly 'difficult' (AC:H), meaning success depends on specific conditions outside the attacker's direct control (e.g., timing, state, or configuration), which meaningfully limits opportunistic use. The key limiting factors are the high-privilege prerequisite and the high attack complexity; the offsetting aggravator is the scope change (S:C), which lets a successful compromise significantly impact additional integrated EBS products beyond AOL itself.

Impact

This is a genuinely high-severity but hard-to-reach flaw. The vendor CVSS 8.0 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) describes network-reachable HTTP exploitation yielding full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise of Oracle Application Object Library with a scope change into additional Oracle E-Business Suite products. Two vector metrics substantially temper real-world risk: AC:H (attack is difficult, requiring specific conditions the attacker cannot fully control) and PR:H (the attacker must already hold high privileges in the application). These are the reasons the score is 8.0 rather than the 9.9-10.0 seen in unauthenticated Oracle takeover CVEs. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC are present in the provided data, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. The realistic threat model is a malicious or compromised privileged insider/admin, or an attacker who has already escalated to a privileged EBS account, rather than opportunistic mass exploitation. Priority should be driven by the Oracle CPU patch cadence and the criticality of EBS as an ERP crown-jewel, not by imminent worm-like risk. Missing data: no CWE assigned, no EPSS, and the Oracle advisory (cspusep2026) provides zero technical detail, so the exact exploitation mechanism cannot be independently verified.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who already holds high-privilege access to an Oracle E-Business Suite instance sends crafted HTTP requests to the Application Object Library core component, exploiting a difficult-to-trigger flaw to achieve full takeover of AOL. Because of the scope change, the compromise propagates to additional integrated EBS products, extending the attacker's reach across the ERP stack. No public exploit code is identified, and the high privilege plus high attack-complexity requirements make this an insider/post-escalation scenario rather than a drive-by attack.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 16, 2026

Authenticated high-privilege abuse in Oracle Application Object Library (AOL) Core, the shared foundation component of Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 through 12.2.15, lets an attacker who already holds elevated EBS application privileges reach a vulnerable code path over HTTP and achieve full takeover of the AOL component itself. Exploitation is rated difficult (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 8.0), so success depends on conditions outside the attacker's direct control, and the high-privilege prerequisite sharply limits who can mount the attack. The offsetting aggravator is the scope change: a successful compromise can significantly impact additional integrated EBS products beyond AOL, and no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, so this is a genuine but hard-to-reach post-authentication risk rather than an opportunistic remote flaw.

RemediationAI

Apply the Oracle Critical Security Patch Update published in the vendor advisory for Oracle E-Business Suite at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html, which is the authoritative source for the exact patched AOL/EBS bundle version - the input data does not specify a fix version, so confirm the applicable release update there before scheduling downtime, and prioritize environments where large numbers of users legitimately hold high-privilege responsibilities. Because the attack requires PR:H and is network-reachable over HTTP, the highest-value compensating control is reducing the population that can satisfy the prerequisite: audit and revoke unnecessary high-privilege roles, responsibilities and direct grants in EBS, accepting the operational friction this creates for administrators who rely on broad duties. In parallel, restrict network reachability to the EBS application tier - front the HTTP listener with a reverse proxy or WAF that permits only expected client networks and known application paths - with the trade-off that poorly scoped allowlists break legitimate integrations, remote users and mobile clients, so validate rules against business traffic before enforcing. Where possible, enable verbose AOL and concurrent-manager logging and alert on unusual privileged requests to AOL Core so that the difficult-to-satisfy exploitation conditions are at least observable; note this increases log volume and may carry a minor performance cost. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, so there is no immediate need for emergency network isolation if patching can be completed on a normal Critical Patch Update cadence, but the high privilege prerequisite means insider or compromised-admin scenarios should be treated as the primary threat model rather than external mass scanning.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Application Object Library 12.2.3 ≤12.2.15

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_application_object_library no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle Application Object Library (AOL) Core provides the shared runtime services underlying Oracle E-Business Suite - application object definitions, menu and responsibility structures, concurrent request plumbing and configuration metadata - which is precisely why the CVSS vector carries S:C (scope change): a compromise confined to AOL logic can propagate into every integrated EBS module that depends on those shared objects. The vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N indicates a network-reachable HTTP interface that requires the attacker to already possess high application privileges and that only succeeds under specific, non-attacker-controlled conditions (state, timing or configuration), a profile consistent with an access-control or trust-boundary weakness in privileged AOL functionality rather than a pre-authentication remote code execution bug. No CWE identifier was supplied by the vendor or the EUVD entry, so the precise root-cause class is not formally classified; the observable impact is total loss of confidentiality, integrity and availability of the AOL component and downstream products once the difficult conditions are met. Both the vendor advisory (Oracle Security Alert cspusep2026) and the ENISA EUVD record EUVD-2026-79530 confirm the affected range as AOL 12.2.3 ≤ 12.2.15, and the Oracle-supplied vector matches the independent assessment exactly.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 8.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 8.0 HIGH

Network HTTP reachable but vendor states difficult exploitation (AC:H) and high application privileges (PR:H); full triad takeover with scope change into other EBS products (S:C, C/I/A:H).

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

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
High

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Application Object Library product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Core). 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 Application Object Library. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Application Object Library, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Application Object Library. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 contains a high-severity flaw in Application Object Library (AOL) Core, the shared foundation layer that underpins most EBS modules, allowing an already-elevated EBS user to take over that component and potentially pivot into other integrated EBS products. Because the flaw sits in shared infrastructure rather than a single application module, a successful compromise could disrupt finance, supply chain, and HR processes that depend on EBS, making this a systemic platform risk rather than an isolated application defect. Leadership should weigh the practical difficulty of exploitation and the high-privilege prerequisite against the absence of a vendor patch and the broad blast radius implied by the scope change.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: minimize and audit the set of accounts holding elevated EBS application privileges; enforce least privilege and just-in-time elevation for administrative roles; restrict network access to the EBS HTTP interface to trusted segments; enable detailed logging and monitoring of privileged AOL and system-administrator activity; and isolate or segment EBS from other integrated systems where feasible to limit scope change. Apply Oracle's Critical Patch Update guidance as soon as a fix version is published.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
Oracle E-Business Suite is a widely deployed enterprise ERP, not ubiquitous
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 0.4%
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

40
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +40
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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