CVE-2026-70686: Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle General Ledger. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle General Ledger. in Oracle Corporation Oracle General Ledger
CVE-2026-70686 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle General Ledger, part of Oracle E-Business Suite. It affects versions from 12.2.3 through 12.2.15. The flaw allows a low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise the product, potentially leading to full takeover. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Oracle has included this fix in its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability exists in the Internal Operations component of Oracle General Ledger within Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 to 12.2.15. It allows a low privileged attacker with network access over HTTP to compromise the system without user interaction. The CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Oracle has addressed this vulnerability in its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update advisory.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to complete compromise of Oracle General Ledger, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. This could allow attackers to take over the affected Oracle General Ledger environment.
Mitigation Recommendations
Oracle has released a security patch for this vulnerability as part of the August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update. It is strongly recommended to apply the official patch promptly to remediate this issue. Customers should remain on actively-supported versions and apply security patches without delay as per Oracle's advisory.
CVE-2026-70686: Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle General Ledger. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle General Ledger. in Oracle Corporation Oracle General Ledger
Description
CVE-2026-70686 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle General Ledger, part of Oracle E-Business Suite. It affects versions from 12.2.3 through 12.2.15. The flaw allows a low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise the product, potentially leading to full takeover. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Oracle has included this fix in its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Oracle Corporation
Oracle General Ledger
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability exists in the Internal Operations component of Oracle General Ledger within Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 to 12.2.15. It allows a low privileged attacker with network access over HTTP to compromise the system without user interaction. The CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Oracle has addressed this vulnerability in its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update advisory.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to complete compromise of Oracle General Ledger, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. This could allow attackers to take over the affected Oracle General Ledger environment.
Mitigation Recommendations
Oracle has released a security patch for this vulnerability as part of the August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update. It is strongly recommended to apply the official patch promptly to remediate this issue. Customers should remain on actively-supported versions and apply security patches without delay as per Oracle's advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- oracle
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-04T22:06:34.589Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html","vendor":"Oracle"}]
Threat ID: 6a84c9edc6e8be0332bf1700
Added to database: 08/18/2026, 21:09:01 UTC
Last enriched: 09/11/2026, 16:48:28 UTC
Last updated: 10/02/2026, 14:46:10 UTC
Views: 53
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