CVE-2026-61192: Oracle Agile Engineering DoS Vulnerability

CVE-2026-61192 Overview

CVE-2026-61192 affects the Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management (EDM) product within the Oracle Supply Chain suite. The vulnerability resides in the Install component and impacts supported version 6.2.1. A low-privileged attacker with network access over HTTP can exploit this flaw to trigger a hang or a frequently repeatable crash of the application, resulting in a complete denial of service. Oracle disclosed the issue in the July 2026 Critical Patch Update. No confidentiality or integrity impact is associated with this vulnerability.

Critical Impact
Successful exploitation causes a complete denial of service against Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management, disrupting engineering and supply chain workflows that depend on the application.

Affected Products

Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management 6.2.1
Oracle Supply Chain (Agile EDM component: Install)
Deployments exposing Oracle Agile EDM HTTP endpoints to authenticated users

Discovery Timeline

2026-07-21 - CVE-2026-61192 published to the National Vulnerability Database
2026-07-21 - Last updated in NVD database
Vendor advisory published in the Oracle CPU July 2026 Security Alert

Technical Details for CVE-2026-61192

Vulnerability Analysis

The flaw is a network-exploitable denial of service condition in the Install component of Oracle Agile EDM 6.2.1. An authenticated attacker with low privileges can send crafted HTTP requests that force the application into a hang state or trigger a repeatable crash. The result is complete unavailability of the service until it is restarted, and the crash is reproducible on demand.

Exploitation requires valid low-privileged credentials and network reachability to the Oracle Agile EDM HTTP interface. Oracle rates exploitation difficulty as high, indicating that specific conditions or request patterns must be met to reliably reach the vulnerable code path. The EPSS score is 0.314% at the 23.6 percentile, reflecting low predicted exploitation activity at publication.

Root Cause

Oracle has not published the underlying defect class publicly. Based on the impact profile (availability-only, no memory disclosure or code execution), the condition is consistent with resource exhaustion or an unhandled exception in request handling within the Install component. Consult the Oracle CPU advisory for the authoritative fix description.

Attack Vector

The attack vector is network-based over HTTP. An adversary authenticates to Oracle Agile EDM with any low-privileged account and issues one or more malformed or abusive requests targeting the vulnerable Install component. The service hangs or crashes, denying access to legitimate users. See the Oracle CPU July 2026 Security Alert for vendor-supplied technical detail.

No public proof-of-concept exploit is available at the time of publication. No verified exploit code is provided for this advisory.

Detection Methods for CVE-2026-61192

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected application hangs or repeated process crashes of Oracle Agile EDM services following HTTP requests from authenticated users
HTTP 5xx responses or connection resets clustered around requests to the Install component endpoints
Repeated authenticated requests from a single low-privileged account preceding service unavailability

Detection Strategies

Correlate Oracle Agile EDM application logs with web server access logs to identify request patterns that precede service failure
Alert on abnormal restart frequency of Oracle Agile EDM application processes
Track authentication events for low-privileged accounts issuing high volumes of requests against Install endpoints

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable verbose HTTP request logging on the Oracle Agile EDM front end, retaining full request URIs and user identifiers
Forward application and web tier logs to a centralized SIEM for retention and correlation
Configure availability monitoring with sub-minute polling to detect hang states quickly

How to Mitigate CVE-2026-61192

Immediate Actions Required

Apply the July 2026 Oracle Critical Patch Update for Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management 6.2.1 as documented in the Oracle CPU July 2026 Security Alert
Inventory all Oracle Agile EDM instances and confirm version 6.2.1 deployments are prioritized for patching
Restrict network access to the Oracle Agile EDM HTTP interface to authenticated engineering users only
Review and prune inactive or unnecessary low-privileged accounts

Patch Information

Oracle addressed CVE-2026-61192 in the July 2026 Critical Patch Update. Administrators should download and apply the patch bundle for Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management 6.2.1 following Oracle's documented CPU procedures. Refer to the Oracle CPU July 2026 Security Alert for patch identifiers and installation instructions.

Workarounds

Place Oracle Agile EDM behind a reverse proxy or web application firewall that rate-limits authenticated requests per user
Segment the Oracle Agile EDM host on an internal network segment reachable only via VPN or bastion
Increase process supervision so that a crashed Oracle Agile EDM service restarts automatically while patching is scheduled

bash

# Example: rate-limit authenticated requests per client at an NGINX reverse proxy
# in front of Oracle Agile EDM to reduce blast radius while patching is scheduled.
http {
    limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=agile_edm:10m rate=10r/s;

    server {
        listen 443 ssl;
        server_name agile-edm.example.internal;

        location / {
            limit_req zone=agile_edm burst=20 nodelay;
            proxy_pass http://agile_edm_backend;
        }
    }
}