Oracle Product Hub: Improper access control allows takeover via HTTP
Summary
Oracle Product Hub, a module of Oracle E-Business Suite (component Internal Operations), contains an access control weakness (CWE-284). A remote attacker with a low-privileged account and network access over HTTP can compromise the application, with a successful attack allowing takeover of Product Hub. No user interaction is required, and the CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Affected
- Oracle Product Hub (Oracle E-Business Suite), versions 12.2.3 to 12.2.15
Fixed in
- Unknown. Oracle's October 2026 Critical Patch Update is the remediation vehicle; the patch name or ARU for this CVE is not confirmed in the sources.
Workaround
- Unknown. No Oracle-specific workaround was found in the sources.
- General measure: keep E-Business Suite HTTP services and middleware consoles off the public internet.
Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild: no evidence found. Not listed in CISA KEV as of 21 October 2026 according to one analyst.
- Public proof-of-concept: nothing confirmed.
- EPSS: about 0.45% (low).
- CISA SSVC: Exploitation none, Automatable no, Technical Impact total.
Our recommendation
- Confirm whether Product Hub is in use and at which 12.2.x level.
- Apply the October 2026 Oracle CPU patches for E-Business Suite after testing, as per Oracle's advisory.
- Verify that the EBS HTTP tier is not directly internet-facing; restrict access via VPN or a reverse proxy with MFA.
- Review accounts with low-privilege EBS access and recent login activity.
- Re-check CISA KEV and Oracle's advisory until NVD analysis is complete.
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
- NVD record mirror (Vulners) vulners.com
- Strix CVE record www.strix.ai
- Brandefense: Oracle October 2026 CPU analysis brandefense.io
- SecurityOnline: Oracle CPU October 2026 securityonline.info
- CVEDetails: Oracle vulnerability list www.cvedetails.com
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, 15:14.
Original description (NVD)
Vulnerability in the Oracle Product Hub product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). 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 Product Hub. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Product Hub. 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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