CVE-2026-61023 in Inventory Management
Summary
by MITRE • 07/22/2026
Vulnerability in the Oracle Inventory Management product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Inventory Management executes to compromise Oracle Inventory Management. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Inventory Management. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.4 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 07/22/2026
This vulnerability resides within Oracle Inventory Management, a critical component of the Oracle E-Business Suite ecosystem that manages inventory operations and supply chain processes. The flaw exists in the Internal Operations functionality, which handles core inventory management tasks including stock tracking, transaction processing, and operational workflows. The affected versions span from 12.2.3 through 12.2.15, representing a substantial release range that indicates this weakness has persisted across multiple updates. This vulnerability classification as high privileged attacker requires an attacker to already possess legitimate login credentials to the system where Oracle Inventory Management operates, placing it in the category of insider threat scenarios or compromised account exploitation.
The technical nature of this flaw allows for privilege escalation and system compromise through a combination of access controls and potential code execution pathways within the inventory management subsystem. The CVSS 3.1 score of 6.4 indicates a medium to high severity vulnerability that affects all three core security principles: confidentiality through potential data exposure, integrity via possible modification of inventory records and operational data, and availability by potentially disrupting critical inventory operations. The attack vector AV:L indicates local access requirements, meaning the attacker must already have system-level access or be operating from within the same machine or network segment where Oracle Inventory Management executes. The high access complexity AC:H reflects that additional technical knowledge or conditions are required to successfully exploit the vulnerability beyond simple credential compromise.
The operational impact of successful exploitation represents a significant risk to enterprise inventory management systems, potentially allowing attackers to manipulate stock levels, alter transaction records, and disrupt business operations. This compromise could lead to financial losses through inventory mismanagement, fraudulent transactions, and unauthorized access to sensitive supply chain data. Organizations relying on Oracle E-Business Suite for inventory operations face substantial operational disruption if this vulnerability is exploited, particularly in environments where the system processes large volumes of inventory transactions. The vulnerability's presence in Internal Operations suggests it may affect core business logic and transaction processing flows, making it particularly dangerous for production environments.
Mitigation strategies should focus on implementing robust access controls and monitoring mechanisms to detect unauthorized access attempts within Oracle Inventory Management environments. Organizations must ensure that only authorized personnel have access to the system hosting Oracle Inventory Management and implement proper network segmentation to limit potential attack vectors. The principle of least privilege should be strictly enforced, limiting user permissions to the minimum necessary for their operational roles. Regular security assessments and vulnerability scanning should be conducted to identify potential exploitation attempts or unauthorized modifications to inventory data. Additionally, implementing monitoring solutions that can detect unusual patterns in inventory transactions or system access logs will help identify when this vulnerability might have been successfully exploited.
This vulnerability aligns with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials) categories, representing weaknesses in access control mechanisms that enable privilege escalation scenarios. From an ATT&CK framework perspective, this vulnerability maps to techniques involving privilege escalation and persistence within target systems, potentially enabling lateral movement or data exfiltration once initial compromise occurs. The high privileged requirement suggests this may involve techniques from ATT&CK's credential access and defense evasion domains where attackers leverage legitimate credentials to perform malicious activities within the target environment. Organizations should consider implementing comprehensive security monitoring that can detect anomalous behavior patterns consistent with these attack methodologies, particularly focusing on inventory management system access logs and transaction audit trails.