CVE-2026-70839 in Financials for EMEA
Summary
by MITRE • 08/19/2026
Vulnerability in the Oracle Financials for EMEA 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 network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Financials for EMEA. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Financials for EMEA accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Financials for EMEA accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 08/19/2026
The identified vulnerability resides within the Internal Operations component of Oracle Financials for EMEA, a critical module within the broader Oracle E-Business Suite ecosystem designed to manage financial processes across European, Middle Eastern, and African markets. This security flaw affects supported software versions ranging from 12.2.3 through 12.2.15, indicating that a significant portion of active deployments remain susceptible to exploitation. The nature of this vulnerability allows for remote code execution or unauthorized data manipulation by an attacker who possesses only low-level privileges and has network access via the HTTP protocol. This specific vector highlights a failure in proper privilege separation and input validation within the internal operational interfaces, which are typically intended for administrative tasks but have been exposed to lower-privileged users through improper configuration or design flaws.
From a technical perspective, the flaw enables an attacker with low privileges to bypass expected access controls, effectively escalating their capabilities beyond what is permitted by standard role-based access policies. The vulnerability facilitates unauthorized reading of sensitive financial data as well as the ability to modify, insert, or delete records within the database backend that supports these applications. This dual impact on both confidentiality and integrity suggests a complex interaction between authentication mechanisms and authorization logic, where session management or request validation processes fail to enforce strict boundaries between user roles. The absence of required user interaction further simplifies the attack chain, allowing for automated exploitation without social engineering prerequisites.
The operational impact of this vulnerability is severe due to its potential to compromise the integrity and confidentiality of financial records. Unauthorized access to critical data can lead to significant regulatory non-compliance, particularly under frameworks such as GDPR or SOX which govern financial reporting and privacy in EMEA regions. Furthermore, the ability to update, insert, or delete data introduces a risk of fraudulent transactions, altered audit trails, and corrupted financial statements. Such integrity violations can have cascading effects on business operations, leading to incorrect decision-making based on tainted data and potential legal liabilities for the organization hosting the compromised system.
In terms of industry standard classification, this vulnerability aligns with CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management and CWE-862 Missing Authorization, as it involves a low-privileged user gaining elevated access or performing actions outside their scope. The attack vector corresponds to ATT&CK technique T1078 Valid Accounts, where attackers leverage legitimate credentials that have been compromised or misconfigured to gain initial access and move laterally within the application environment. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1 reflects a high severity level driven primarily by the network-based attack vector, low complexity, and significant impacts on confidentiality and integrity without affecting availability.
Mitigation strategies must prioritize immediate patching to the latest available version that addresses this specific flaw within the Internal Operations component. Organizations should also implement strict access control policies ensuring that internal operational interfaces are not exposed via HTTP unless absolutely necessary, preferably restricting them to HTTPS with mutual TLS authentication where applicable. Network segmentation and web application firewalls can provide an additional layer of defense by monitoring for anomalous patterns associated with privilege escalation attempts or unauthorized data manipulation requests. Regular audits of user permissions within Oracle E-Business Suite are essential to ensure that low-privileged accounts do not possess unnecessary access rights to sensitive internal modules, thereby reducing the attack surface available to potential adversaries.