Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway: Privilege escalation via HTTP
Summary
Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway (SOA Provider component), versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15, is affected by a vulnerability that allows a low-privileged user with network access via HTTP to take over the gateway. The CVSS score is 8.8 and the impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is rated high. No user interaction is required, but the attacker needs a valid low-privileged account.
Affected
- Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway (component: SOA Provider)
- Versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 (as stated by the CNA record)
Fixed in
Unknown. No per-CVE patch number was found. Apply the October 2026 Critical Patch Update for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 per My Oracle Support Note KA923 and verify the fix for CVE-2026-101685.
Workaround
- No vendor workaround found.
- Restrict access to SOA Gateway endpoints to trusted internal networks (third-party advice, not confirmed by Oracle).
- Keep E-Business Suite and middleware consoles off the public internet.
Exploitation
- No evidence of exploitation found at the time of research.
- CISA SSVC: Exploitation none, Automatable no, Technical Impact total.
- Not listed in the CISA KEV catalog as of 21 October 2026.
- No public proof of concept found.
Our recommendation
- Confirm whether E-Business Suite runs versions 12.2.3 to 12.2.15 and whether SOA Gateway is in use.
- Check whether the gateway or application tier is internet-facing and restrict access if so.
- Apply the October 2026 CPU per KA923, starting with internet-facing systems, and verify the fix for this CVE.
- Review low-privileged and integration accounts.
- Monitor the NVD record and CISA KEV for updates.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2026 www.oracle.com
- CVE record (CNA data) via Vulners vulners.com
- NVD record via Vulners vulners.com
- Strix CVE details www.strix.ai
- Brandefense: Oracle October 2026 CPU brandefense.io
- Securityonline: Oracle CPU October 2026 securityonline.info
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 31 Oct 2026, 15:17.
Original description (NVD)
Vulnerability in the Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: SOA Provider). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
NVD references (1)
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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