Oracle Coherence 15.1.1.0.0 Core improper authorization

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A vulnerability identified as very critical has been detected in Oracle Coherence 15.1.1.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Core. This manipulation causes improper authorization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-60235. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Coherence 15.1.1.0.0 and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle Coherence product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 15.1.1.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via TCP to compromise Oracle Coherence. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Coherence as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Coherence accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Coherence accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-60235 since 07/08/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/22/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Oracle

Name

• Coherence

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• 15.1.1.0.0

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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