CVE-2026-70762: Oracle Risk Management Auth Bypass Flaw

CVE-2026-70762 Overview

CVE-2026-70762 is a high-severity vulnerability in the Oracle Risk Management product of Oracle E-Business Suite, specifically within the Internal Operations component. The flaw affects supported versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15. A low-privileged attacker with network access over HTTP can exploit this vulnerability without user interaction. Successful exploitation allows unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification of critical data, along with unauthorized read access to all Oracle Risk Management accessible data. Oracle disclosed the issue in the Oracle Security Alert CSPUAug2026.

Critical Impact
Authenticated attackers can compromise confidentiality and integrity of all data accessible to Oracle Risk Management over the network with low attack complexity.

Affected Products

Oracle E-Business Suite - Oracle Risk Management, version 12.2.3
Oracle E-Business Suite - Oracle Risk Management, versions 12.2.4 through 12.2.14
Oracle E-Business Suite - Oracle Risk Management, version 12.2.15

Discovery Timeline

2026-08-18 - CVE-2026-70762 published to NVD
2026-08-20 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2026-70762

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability resides in the Internal Operations component of Oracle Risk Management, a module within Oracle E-Business Suite used for enterprise governance, risk, and compliance workflows. An attacker requires only low privileges to reach the vulnerable code path over HTTP. No user interaction is required, and the attack does not cross a security boundary.

Successful exploitation compromises both the confidentiality and integrity of data managed by Oracle Risk Management. Attackers can read, create, delete, or modify records accessible through the affected module. Availability is not impacted according to Oracle's published metrics.

Because Oracle Risk Management centralizes financial controls, audit workflows, and segregation-of-duties data, unauthorized modification could distort compliance reporting and mask fraudulent activity. The network attack vector combined with low privilege requirements makes this vulnerability practical to exploit from any authenticated foothold within the environment.

Root Cause

Oracle has not published detailed root cause information in the public advisory. The vulnerability class is not disclosed in the NVD entry, and no CWE identifier is assigned. Refer to the Oracle Security Alert CSPUAug2026 for vendor-supplied details available to licensed customers via My Oracle Support.

Attack Vector

Exploitation requires network access to the Oracle E-Business Suite deployment over HTTP and a valid low-privileged account. An attacker sends crafted HTTP requests to the Internal Operations component of Oracle Risk Management to trigger unauthorized data access and modification. No prior social engineering or user interaction is needed to complete the attack chain.

No public proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for this vulnerability. See the vendor advisory for verified technical detail.

Detection Methods for CVE-2026-70762

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected HTTP requests from low-privileged Oracle E-Business Suite user accounts targeting Risk Management Internal Operations endpoints.
Unauthorized creation, modification, or deletion events in Oracle Risk Management audit logs that do not correspond to approved change tickets.
Session activity from Risk Management user accounts originating from atypical IP ranges or during off-hours.

Detection Strategies

Enable and review Oracle E-Business Suite Sign-On Audit and Page Access Tracking to identify anomalous access patterns to Risk Management pages.
Correlate database audit records against expected workflow activity to surface unauthorized read or write operations on Risk Management tables.
Deploy web application firewall rules to inspect HTTP requests reaching Oracle Risk Management Internal Operations URLs and flag deviations from established application flow.

Monitoring Recommendations

Forward Oracle E-Business Suite application, middleware, and database audit logs to a centralized analytics platform for baseline deviation analysis.
Alert on privilege escalation attempts and bulk record changes within Risk Management modules.
Track authentication events for low-privileged accounts that suddenly access Risk Management functionality outside their normal role scope.

How to Mitigate CVE-2026-70762

Immediate Actions Required

Apply the security patches listed in the Oracle Security Alert CSPUAug2026 to all affected Oracle E-Business Suite environments running versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15.
Inventory user accounts with any level of access to Oracle Risk Management and remove entitlements that are not business-justified.
Review Risk Management audit trails for the period preceding patch application to identify potential exploitation activity.

Patch Information

Oracle released fixes as part of the CSPUAug2026 Security Alert cycle. Customers should download the corresponding patch from My Oracle Support and apply it following Oracle's standard E-Business Suite patching procedures. Confirm the patch level after installation using adop and Oracle Applications Manager to verify the fix is present across all application tier nodes.

Workarounds

Restrict network access to Oracle E-Business Suite application tier hosts using firewall rules and reverse proxy allow-lists until patching is complete.
Enforce multi-factor authentication for all Oracle E-Business Suite user accounts to raise the cost of credential-based access.
Temporarily disable non-essential Risk Management functionality or accounts if patching cannot be completed in the short term.

bash

# Verify installed Oracle E-Business Suite patch level after remediation
sqlplus apps/<password> <<EOF
SELECT bug_number, last_update_date
  FROM ad_bugs
 WHERE bug_number = '<CSPUAug2026_patch_number>';
EOF