CVE-2026-60772: Oracle E-Business Suite Auth Bypass Flaw

CVE-2026-60772 Overview

CVE-2026-60772 is a high-severity vulnerability in the Oracle Financials Common Modules product of Oracle E-Business Suite, specifically within the Common Components. The flaw affects supported versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 and is exploitable over HTTP by a low-privileged attacker with network access. Successful exploitation allows unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification of critical data within Oracle Financials Common Modules. Attackers can also gain unauthorized read access to a subset of the module's data. Oracle addressed the issue in its July 2026 Critical Patch Update.

Critical Impact
An authenticated remote attacker can tamper with critical Oracle Financials data and read a subset of accessible information over HTTP.

Affected Products

Oracle E-Business Suite - Oracle Financials Common Modules 12.2.3
Oracle E-Business Suite - Oracle Financials Common Modules versions 12.2.4 through 12.2.14
Oracle E-Business Suite - Oracle Financials Common Modules 12.2.15

Discovery Timeline

2026-07-21 - CVE-2026-60772 published to NVD
2026-07-21 - Last updated in NVD database
Reference: Oracle Security Alert - July 2026

Technical Details for CVE-2026-60772

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability resides in the Common Components used by the Oracle Financials Common Modules across Oracle E-Business Suite releases 12.2.3 to 12.2.15. An attacker authenticated with low privileges can send crafted HTTP requests to the affected component and manipulate data outside the scope of their authorization. The impact profile emphasizes integrity, with high integrity impact and lower confidentiality impact, and no direct availability effect. Because the attack requires only network reach and valid low-privilege credentials, any user with basic access to the E-Business Suite web tier could weaponize the flaw. The result is unauthorized creation, deletion, and modification of financial records, which introduces material risk to financial reporting and audit integrity.

Root Cause

Oracle has not published detailed technical root-cause information beyond the advisory. The characteristics point to a broken access control or improper authorization defect within the Common Components layer that fails to enforce privilege boundaries on data-modifying operations exposed through HTTP endpoints.

Attack Vector

Exploitation is remote and network-based over HTTP. The attacker must hold valid credentials with low privileges within the E-Business Suite environment. No user interaction is required. Once authenticated, the attacker issues HTTP requests to the vulnerable Financials Common Modules endpoints to perform unauthorized data operations. See the Oracle Security Alert - July 2026 for vendor-supplied details.

Detection Methods for CVE-2026-60772

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected data modifications, insertions, or deletions in Oracle Financials Common Modules tables originating from low-privileged application accounts.
HTTP requests to Financials Common Modules URLs performing write operations from user sessions that should not have such rights.
Audit log entries showing privilege escalation patterns or bulk record changes outside of normal batch processing windows.

Detection Strategies

Enable and review Oracle E-Business Suite audit trail (FND_AUDIT) and page-access tracking to correlate user roles with executed operations.
Baseline normal transaction volumes per user and role, then alert on deviations affecting Financials Common Modules objects.
Inspect web tier access logs for anomalous POST or PUT requests to Financials Common Modules servlets and JSP handlers.

Monitoring Recommendations

Forward E-Business Suite application, database, and web tier logs to a centralized SIEM for correlation across identity, session, and data-change events.
Monitor for authentication anomalies from application accounts whose privilege level does not match observed data-modification activity.
Track patch deployment status across all E-Business Suite instances to confirm remediation coverage.

How to Mitigate CVE-2026-60772

Immediate Actions Required

Apply the fixes provided in the Oracle July 2026 Critical Patch Update to all Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.x deployments.
Inventory all Oracle Financials Common Modules installations and confirm they run a patched release before returning to normal operation.
Review recent activity in Financials Common Modules for signs of unauthorized data changes prior to patching.

Patch Information

Oracle released remediation as part of the July 2026 Critical Patch Update. Administrators should follow the guidance in the Oracle Security Alert - July 2026 and apply the associated patchset for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.

Workarounds

Restrict network access to the E-Business Suite web tier so that only trusted internal users and jump hosts can reach it.
Review role assignments and remove unnecessary responsibilities from low-privileged accounts to limit which users can reach the vulnerable endpoints.
Enforce multi-factor authentication on E-Business Suite logins to reduce the risk of credential-based abuse until patching completes.

bash

# Example: verify current EBS patch level after applying the July 2026 CPU
sqlplus apps/<password> <<EOF
SELECT bug_number, last_update_date
  FROM ad_bugs
 WHERE bug_number IN ('<CPU_JUL2026_BUG_ID>')
 ORDER BY last_update_date DESC;
EOF