Oracle Unified Directory 14.1.2.1.0 Oud Core privilege escalation

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A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Oracle Unified Directory 14.1.2.1.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Oud Core. The manipulation leads to Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-60422. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Oracle Unified Directory 14.1.2.1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Oud Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle Unified Directory product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: OUD Core). The supported version that is affected is 14.1.2.1.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via LDAP to compromise Oracle Unified Directory. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Unified Directory, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Unified Directory accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Unified Directory accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Unified Directory. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.9 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L).

The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-60422 since 07/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/22/2026).

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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• Directory Service Software

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• Oracle

Name

• Unified Directory

Version

• 14.1.2.1.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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