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CVE-2026-62479 Oracle Corporation CVE debrief

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Public Sector Financials, a product of Oracle E-Business Suite. The vulnerability affects versions 12.2.3-12.2.15 and has been rated with a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating a medium severity level. The vulnerability allows a low-privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Public Sector Financials. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Public Sector Financials accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Public Sector Financials accessible data. Organizations should be aware of this vulnerability and take necessary precautions to mitigate the risk.

Vendor
Oracle Corporation
Product
Oracle Public Sector Financials
CVSS
MEDIUM 5.4
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2026-07-21
Original CVE updated
2026-07-22
Advisory published
2026-07-21
Advisory updated
2026-07-22

Who should care

Organizations using Oracle Public Sector Financials versions 12.2.3-12.2.15 should be aware of this vulnerability and take necessary precautions to mitigate the risk. This includes applying patches or workarounds provided by Oracle and monitoring the system for potential attacks. Operators, platform administrators, vulnerability management teams, and security teams should review the vulnerability details and plan accordingly.

Technical summary

The vulnerability is located in the Internal Operations component of Oracle Public Sector Financials. It has a CVSS vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating that it can be exploited over the network with low privileges and requires user interaction. The vulnerability can result in confidentiality and integrity impacts. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Public Sector Financials, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change).

Defensive priority

Medium

Recommended defensive actions

  • Apply patches or workarounds provided by Oracle
  • Monitor the system for potential attacks
  • Restrict network access to the system
  • Implement additional security controls to detect and prevent attacks
  • Review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation is scheduled and verified
  • Check relevant monitoring, detection, and logs for exposed assets that need extra review
  • Track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented

Evidence notes

The CVE record was published on 2026-07-21T22:19:04.137Z and was last modified on 2026-07-22T16:18:45.330Z. The NVD entry is currently in the 'Received' status. The vulnerability was reported by Oracle and has been assigned a CVSS score of 5.4. The source detail is limited, and defenders should verify the affected scope and severity with Oracle.

Official resources

AI-assisted PatchSiren debrief based on the supplied source corpus. The CVE record was published on 2026-07-21T22:19:04.137Z and has not been modified since then. The NVD entry is currently Received.