CVE-2026-60692: Oracle Enterprise Asset Management RCE Flaw

CVE-2026-60692 Overview

CVE-2026-60692 is a network-exploitable vulnerability in the Oracle Enterprise Asset Management product of Oracle E-Business Suite, within the Internal Operations component. Supported versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 are affected. A low-privileged attacker with HTTP access can compromise the application and take full control of Oracle Enterprise Asset Management. Oracle addressed the issue in its July 2026 Critical Patch Update.

Critical Impact
Successful exploitation results in complete takeover of Oracle Enterprise Asset Management, with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Affected Products

Oracle E-Business Suite — Enterprise Asset Management 12.2.3 through 12.2.15
Component: Internal Operations
Deployments exposing E-Business Suite HTTP endpoints to authenticated users

Discovery Timeline

2026-07-21 - CVE-2026-60692 published to the National Vulnerability Database
2026-07-21 - Last updated in NVD database
July 2026 - Fix released in the Oracle Security Alert – July 2026

Technical Details for CVE-2026-60692

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability resides in the Internal Operations component of Oracle Enterprise Asset Management, part of Oracle E-Business Suite. Oracle categorizes the flaw as easily exploitable over the network via HTTP. An attacker only needs low privileges — an existing authenticated session with limited application rights — and no user interaction is required.

Successful exploitation leads to a takeover of Oracle Enterprise Asset Management. Oracle's advisory indicates high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, consistent with full compromise of the application context. Because Enterprise Asset Management typically integrates with maintenance workflows, work orders, and asset master data, a compromise exposes operational records and can cascade into interconnected E-Business Suite modules.

Root Cause

Oracle has not released public technical details for CVE-2026-60692. The advisory attributes the issue to the Internal Operations component and describes an authenticated flaw exploitable through HTTP requests. No Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifier is assigned in the NVD entry at publication time.

Attack Vector

The attack path requires network access to the Oracle E-Business Suite HTTP interface and a valid low-privileged account. The attacker submits crafted HTTP requests to the Enterprise Asset Management module. Because the scope is unchanged, the resulting compromise is limited to Enterprise Asset Management, but that impact includes full read, modify, and denial capability. See the Oracle Security Alert – July 2026 for authoritative details.

Detection Methods for CVE-2026-60692

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected HTTP requests from low-privileged user sessions targeting Enterprise Asset Management endpoints under the Internal Operations component.
Anomalous changes to work orders, asset records, or configuration data performed by accounts that historically only read data.
New or modified administrative objects, scheduled jobs, or concurrent requests originating from non-administrator accounts.

Detection Strategies

Enable and review E-Business Suite audit trails and Oracle Fusion Middleware access logs for repeated authenticated requests to Enterprise Asset Management URLs.
Correlate authentication events with sensitive operations within Enterprise Asset Management to identify privilege misuse.
Deploy web application firewall rules that log and inspect POST bodies to E-Business Suite modules for abnormal parameter patterns.

Monitoring Recommendations

Forward E-Business Suite application, Apache, and database audit logs into a centralized SIEM for correlation.
Baseline normal HTTP request volumes and parameter values per user role in Enterprise Asset Management and alert on deviations.
Monitor Oracle database sessions initiated from the E-Business Suite tier for unusual PL/SQL calls tied to asset management schemas.

How to Mitigate CVE-2026-60692

Immediate Actions Required

Apply the July 2026 Oracle Critical Patch Update to all Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 environments running Enterprise Asset Management.
Inventory user accounts with access to Enterprise Asset Management and remove or disable dormant low-privileged accounts.
Restrict external HTTP exposure of E-Business Suite to trusted networks and enforce multi-factor authentication for all application users.

Patch Information

Oracle released the fix as part of the July 2026 Critical Patch Update. Administrators should review the Oracle Security Alert – July 2026 for the specific patch identifiers applicable to their E-Business Suite 12.2 release and apply them through the standard adop patching workflow.

Workarounds

If immediate patching is not feasible, place the E-Business Suite front end behind a reverse proxy or WAF and block direct access to Enterprise Asset Management URLs for untrusted users.
Reduce responsibilities and menu access assigned to non-administrative users so that low-privileged accounts cannot reach Internal Operations functions.
Increase logging verbosity on the E-Business Suite middle tier and review activity daily until the patch is deployed.

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# Configuration example: apply Oracle July 2026 CPU using adop
source $EBS_APPS_CONTEXT_FILE
adop phase=prepare
adop phase=apply patches=<JUL2026_CPU_PATCH_ID> workers=8
adop phase=finalize
adop phase=cutover
adop phase=cleanup