Oracle Product Hub: Improper access control in Internal Operations
Summary
Oracle Product Hub, a module of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 12.2.3 to 12.2.15, contains an improper access control flaw (CWE-284) in the component Internal Operations. An attacker with a low-privileged EBS account and network access via HTTP can compromise Product Hub, according to Oracle's description up to a takeover of the application, with high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability (CVSS 3.1 base score 8.8). No user interaction is required. Oracle has addressed the issue in its October 2026 Critical Patch Update.
Affected
- Oracle E-Business Suite, Product Hub: 12.2.3 to 12.2.15 (per the CNA record)
Fixed in
- Oracle October 2026 Critical Patch Update (released 20 October 2026)
- Required EBS patches: see My Oracle Support Note KA923 (exact patch IDs for this CVE: unknown)
Workaround
- Unknown. No vendor-documented workaround found; patching is the documented remedy.
Exploitation
- No public exploitation reports or proof-of-concept code found for this CVE at the time of research.
- CISA SSVC assessment: Exploitation none, Automatable no, Technical Impact total.
Our recommendation
- Check whether Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 to 12.2.15 with Product Hub is in use; if not, no action needed for this CVE.
- If it is in use, apply the October 2026 CPU patches listed in KA923 and run the ECPUC checker to confirm the required patches.
- Until patched, restrict HTTP access to EBS to required users and networks and review EBS accounts with low privileges.
- Monitor EBS access logs for unusual requests to Product Hub.
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-2026-101853 (vulners) vulners.com
- CVE-2026-101853 (strix.ai) www.strix.ai
- Oracle EBS blog: October 2026 ECPUC update blogs.oracle.com
- Oracle October 2026 CPU: 1295 patches (neoteo) www.neoteo.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)
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