CVE-2026-60661: Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Solaris. in Oracle Corporation Oracle Solaris
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Filesystems). The supported version that is affected is 11.4. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability affects Oracle Solaris 11.4 in the Filesystems component. It allows a low privileged attacker who has logon access to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris runs to compromise the system. The vulnerability is difficult to exploit and requires high attack complexity. Successful exploitation can result in a complete takeover of Oracle Solaris, with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has a scope change, potentially affecting other Oracle products. No official patch or remediation level is explicitly stated in the vendor advisory, but Oracle's July 2026 Critical Patch Update advisory references multiple patches across products and strongly recommends applying patches promptly.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to full compromise of Oracle Solaris 11.4, including takeover of the system with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The vulnerability's scope change indicates that other Oracle products may also be significantly impacted by attacks exploiting this issue.
Mitigation Recommendations
Oracle's July 2026 Critical Patch Update advisory recommends applying the latest security patches without delay. Although no specific patch for this CVE is explicitly detailed in the advisory content provided, Oracle strongly urges customers to remain on actively supported versions and apply all available patches promptly. Patch status is not yet confirmed for this specific vulnerability—check the Oracle advisory at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html for the latest remediation guidance.
CVE-2026-60661: Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Solaris. in Oracle Corporation Oracle Solaris
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Filesystems). The supported version that is affected is 11.4. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.8high
Affected software
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Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability affects Oracle Solaris 11.4 in the Filesystems component. It allows a low privileged attacker who has logon access to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris runs to compromise the system. The vulnerability is difficult to exploit and requires high attack complexity. Successful exploitation can result in a complete takeover of Oracle Solaris, with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has a scope change, potentially affecting other Oracle products. No official patch or remediation level is explicitly stated in the vendor advisory, but Oracle's July 2026 Critical Patch Update advisory references multiple patches across products and strongly recommends applying patches promptly.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to full compromise of Oracle Solaris 11.4, including takeover of the system with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The vulnerability's scope change indicates that other Oracle products may also be significantly impacted by attacks exploiting this issue.
Mitigation Recommendations
Oracle's July 2026 Critical Patch Update advisory recommends applying the latest security patches without delay. Although no specific patch for this CVE is explicitly detailed in the advisory content provided, Oracle strongly urges customers to remain on actively supported versions and apply all available patches promptly. Patch status is not yet confirmed for this specific vulnerability—check the Oracle advisory at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html for the latest remediation guidance.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- oracle
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-08T15:51:55.576Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html","vendor":"Oracle"}]
Threat ID: 6a5fee029c2644c7f8d5b170
Added to database: 07/21/2026, 22:09:06 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 00:27:29 UTC
Last updated: 09/04/2026, 22:52:13 UTC
Views: 71
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