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Oracle CLM Public Sector EUVDEUVD-2026-79804

| CVE-2026-87149 HIGH
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-09-15 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-vjpr-mrgp-2338
7.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: oracle
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Recon
    Obtain valid low-privilege EBS account
  2. Delivery
    Authenticate to CLM Public Sector over HTTP
  3. Exploit
    Send crafted request to Award/PO component
  4. Install
    Bypass authorization check
  5. C2
    Read contract and award records
  6. Execute
    Modify or delete selected records
  7. Impact
    Exfiltrate sensitive procurement 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 a valid, authenticated Oracle E-Business Suite session holding only low privileges (CVSS PR:L) and network reachability to the EBS HTTP interface that serves the Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector product - specifically the Award/PO component. The deployment must be running an affected supported release, 12.2.8 through 12.2.15, with the CLM for Public Sector licensing/module actually implemented; organizations that have not deployed that module are not exposed even on the same EBS version. No user interaction is required (UI:N) and the attack is automatable over a single HTTP channel. Limiting factors: the attacker cannot start unauthenticated - a working low-privilege credential is a hard prerequisite, so account provisioning and credential hygiene directly bound the risk; and the integrity impact is only partial (I:L), meaning not all records are writable. The provided data does not specify whether any non-default configuration of the Award/PO component is required, so that should be confirmed with Oracle's advisory.

Impact

The CVSS vector is the strongest signal here: AV:N with AC:L and UI:N means a single crafted HTTP request, no timing or race conditions, and no victim interaction; PR:L restricts the attacker to an already-issued low-privilege account, which substantially narrows the realistic threat population to insiders, contractor accounts, or anyone who has obtained valid credentials (e.g., via phishing or credential reuse). Confidentiality impact is High while Integrity is Low and Availability None, so the primary risk is bulk disclosure of sensitive contract/award data with opportunistic tampering. There is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no POC information in the supplied data, so the exploitation likelihood cannot be corroborated - this is a high-CVSS, medium-real-world-urgency finding rather than a burning emergency, unless the organization exposes the EBS web tier broadly or has many low-privilege accounts. Note explicitly: KEV status is unknown/absent, POC status is unknown, and no CWE was provided, so the root-cause class is inferred from the description rather than confirmed.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who has obtained or been granted a low-privileged Oracle E-Business Suite account - for example a subcontractor or a compromised user - logs in over HTTP and sends crafted requests directly to the Contract Lifecycle Management Award/PO endpoints, manipulating object/function identifiers to bypass the authorization check. Because no user interaction or elevated privilege is required, the attacker can enumerate and exfiltrate contract and award records in bulk, and can also insert, update or delete a subset of that data to corrupt or alter procurement records. The activity blends into normal EBS traffic, making it hard to distinguish without application-level audit logging.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 15, 2026

Improper access control in the Award/PO component of Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector (part of Oracle E-Business Suite, versions 12.2.8 through 12.2.15) lets a low-privileged, authenticated attacker with HTTP network access read critical application data and modify or delete records they should not be able to touch. Oracle rates this 7.1 with a CVSS vector of AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N, meaning exploitation is trivial for anyone holding a valid low-privilege account and requires no user interaction. No public exploit code or confirmed in-the-wild exploitation was identified at time of analysis, and EPSS/KEV signals were not present in the supplied data.

RemediationAI

Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update associated with the referenced advisory (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html), which covers Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8-12.2.15; there is no individual fix version stated in the provided data, so treat the CPU as the primary remediation and verify the Award/PO component patch has been applied and the application tier restarted. If patching must be deferred, the most effective compensating control is to strictly limit which accounts can reach the CLM/EBS Award/PO responsibilities - audit and remove unnecessary low-privilege EBS users, and review role assignments for over-privileged contract/award access; the trade-off is administrative overhead and potential workflow disruption for legitimate contracting staff. Additionally, restrict network reachability to the EBS HTTP tier (place it behind VPN/allow-listed reverse proxy rather than the open internet), which reduces exposure but does not stop an insider or an attacker who already holds credentials. Enable and monitor EBS application audit logging and database audit trails on the Award/PO tables for anomalous bulk reads or updates, accepting the storage and performance overhead this entails. Since the underlying issue is an authorization flaw rather than a missing authentication step, generic WAF rules will not reliably block it.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector 12.2.8 ≤12.2.15

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_contract_lifecycle_management_for_public_sector no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector is a module within Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) that handles government contracting, awards and purchase-order workflows on the Oracle database/application-server stack, typically exposed through the EBS web (HTTP) tier via the Apache/Oracle HTTP Server front end. The vulnerable surface is the Award/PO component, which enforces business-role-based authorization around contract award and purchase-order records. The advisory maps the issue to an access-control failure - the product does not correctly validate that the requesting application user is entitled to the Award/PO data or operations being invoked. No CWE identifier was supplied by the source, but the described outcome (low-privilege user obtaining high-confidentiality read plus limited write) is characteristic of broken function-level/object-level authorization (CWE-284/CWE-862/CWE-639 class). Because the flaw is reachable over the same HTTP channel used for normal EBS operation, the underlying security boundary being crossed is the application's own authorization layer rather than the network or the database.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 7.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 7.1 HIGH

Network-reachable HTTP endpoint with no user interaction, but a valid low-privilege account is required, so PR:L; High confidentiality and Low integrity impact drive the 7.1 base.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/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
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Award/PO). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.8-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N).

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 85% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche public-sector contracting module within Oracle EBS
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 0.2%
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

36
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +36
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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