Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Purchasing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Purchasing executes to compromise Oracle Purchasing. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Purchasing. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Published: 2026-08-18
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability in Oracle Purchasing enables a low‑privileged attacker who can log onto the infrastructure that hosts the application to completely compromise the Oracle Purchasing environment. This flaw permits the attacker to achieve confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts on the system. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 indicates high severity, with the attack vector defined as local, requiring low access, low complexity, and no user interaction.

Affected Systems

Affected versions include Oracle Purchasing 12.2.3 through 12.2.15. These versions are part of Oracle E‑Business Suite and rely on the Internal Operations component. Any deployment within this range without the patch is vulnerable.

Risk and Exploitability

The EPSS score of 0.00127 indicates a very low probability of exploitation, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog. However, the CVSS base score of 7.8, combined with the local attack vector that requires a low‑privileged user, means the vulnerability remains high risk if local access is possible. An attacker who can log onto the server hosting Oracle Purchasing can leverage the flaw to gain full control and compromise the application.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 21, 2026 at 07:31 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the patch for Oracle Purchasing 12.2.3‑12.2.15 as outlined in the Oracle August 2026 security advisory.
  • Restrict local logon rights for the servers running Oracle Purchasing to a minimal set of administrative accounts.
  • Implement monitoring for privilege escalation activity and anomalous process behavior on those servers.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 21, 2026 at 07:31 UTC.

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History

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation Compromise in Oracle Purchasing
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-285

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Low-Privilege Local Exploitation Allows Full Compromise of Oracle Purchasing
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-286

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Low-Privilege Local Exploitation Allows Full Compromise of Oracle Purchasing
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-286

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vulnerability in the Oracle Purchasing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Purchasing executes to compromise Oracle Purchasing. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Purchasing. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle purchasing
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:purchasing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle purchasing
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Oracle Purchasing
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T03:57:03.363Z

Reserved: 2026-08-04T22:06:34.598Z

Link: CVE-2026-70798

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-24T19:49:52.419Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-18T21:17:33.823

Modified: 2026-08-27T18:29:14.453

Link: CVE-2026-70798

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T07:45:03Z

Weaknesses