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CVE-2026-60940 Oracle Corporation CVE debrief

The CVE-2026-60940 vulnerability affects Oracle Service Contracts, a component of Oracle E-Business Suite. This difficult-to-exploit vulnerability allows high-privileged attackers with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Service Contracts. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and can result in unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Service Contracts accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Service Contracts accessible data. The CVSS 3.1 Base Score is 5.7, indicating a medium severity impact on confidentiality and integrity. The CVE record was published on 2026-07-21T22:18:28.783Z and has not been modified since then. To mitigate this vulnerability, it is essential to apply the vendor's patch or mitigation as described in the Oracle advisory and restrict access to the affected Oracle Service Contracts component.

Vendor
Oracle Corporation
Product
Oracle Service Contracts
CVSS
MEDIUM 5.7
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2026-07-21
Original CVE updated
2026-08-11
Advisory published
2026-07-21
Advisory updated
2026-08-11

Who should care

Oracle Service Contracts administrators and users, especially those with high privileges, should be aware of this vulnerability and take necessary actions to mitigate it. Affected operator roles include system administrators, security teams, and vulnerability management teams. The impacted platform is Oracle E-Business Suite, specifically versions 12.2.3-12.2.15 of Oracle Service Contracts. It is crucial for these stakeholders to review the supplied official advisory or CVE record to validate affected scope, severity, and vendor guidance and plan vendor-supported updates or mitigations through normal change control where exposure is confirmed.

Technical summary

The CVE-2026-60940 vulnerability affects Oracle Service Contracts versions 12.2.3-12.2.15. It is a difficult-to-exploit vulnerability that allows high-privileged attackers with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Service Contracts. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and can result in unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Service Contracts accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Service Contracts accessible data. The CVSS 3.1 Base Score is 5.7 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts).

Defensive priority

Medium priority given the CVSS score of 5.7 and the need for human interaction to exploit the vulnerability.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Apply the vendor's patch or mitigation as described in the Oracle advisory.
  • Restrict access to the affected Oracle Service Contracts component.
  • Monitor for suspicious activity and implement compensating controls if necessary.
  • Perform inventory checks to identify affected systems.
  • Implement exception tracking and retest after applying patches.

Evidence notes

The CVE-2026-60940 vulnerability affects Oracle Service Contracts versions 12.2.3-12.2.15. It is a difficult-to-exploit vulnerability that allows high-privileged attackers with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Service Contracts. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and can result in unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Service Contracts accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Service Contracts accessible data.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2026-60940 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-60940

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2026-60940 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60940

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Supplemental references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.