CVE-2026-46820

8.5

Oracle · E-Business Suite (Financials Common Modules)

A vulnerability in Oracle Financials Common Modules allows low-privileged attackers to gain unauthorized access to or modify critical financial data.

Executive summary

A critical vulnerability in Oracle Financials Common Modules (E-Business Suite) allows low-privileged attackers to access or modify sensitive financial data, creating a high risk of unauthorized information disclosure.

Vulnerability

This vulnerability affects the Common Components of Oracle Financials Common Modules. It allows a low-privileged user with network access to perform unauthorized data read, update, or deletion operations, with a scope change that may impact other associated modules.

Business impact

With a CVSS score of 8.5, this vulnerability represents a significant threat to the confidentiality and integrity of financial records. Exploitation could allow attackers to manipulate financial data or gain unauthorized access to sensitive information, potentially leading to financial reporting errors or regulatory non-compliance.

Remediation

Immediate Action: Apply the relevant security patches provided by Oracle in the May 2026 security update release.

Proactive Monitoring: Audit database and application logs for unexpected data modification or access patterns originating from low-privileged user accounts.

Compensating Controls: Use role-based access control (RBAC) to restrict user permissions to the absolute minimum required, and implement WAF filtering to detect malicious HTTP request patterns.

Exploitation status

Public Exploit Available: Unknown

Analyst recommendation

This vulnerability poses a substantial risk to financial data integrity. Security teams should ensure that all instances of Oracle E-Business Suite are updated to the latest patched version to prevent potential unauthorized access and data manipulation.

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