Oracle Product Hub (E-Business Suite): Improper access control
Summary
Oracle E-Business Suite Product Hub (component Internal Operations) contains an access control flaw (CWE-284). An attacker with a low-privileged account and network access via HTTP can take over Product Hub, with high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability (CVSS 8.8). Exploitation requires a valid low-privileged account, so internet exposure and account hygiene are key.
Affected
- Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 to 12.2.15, module Product Hub, component Internal Operations
Fixed in
- Listed in the Oracle Critical Patch Update of October 2026 (published 20 October 2026).
- Per-CVE patch number: Unknown. Secondary sources point to My Oracle Support Note KA923; confirm the patch in the Oracle risk matrix.
Workaround
- Unknown. No vendor workaround identified.
- Restrict HTTP access to EBS and segment the network until patched.
Exploitation
- No public reports of exploitation known as of publication.
- CISA SSVC: Exploitation none, Automatable no.
- CISA KEV status: Unknown.
- Public proof of concept: none found.
- EPSS: about 0.45%.
Our recommendation
- Confirm whether your EBS version is between 12.2.3 and 12.2.15.
- Apply the October 2026 CPU via KA923 and verify the patch for this CVE in the Oracle risk matrix.
- Until patched, limit HTTP access to EBS and ensure it is not exposed to the internet.
- Review EBS accounts, remove stale accounts and enforce strong authentication.
- Monitor EBS logs for unusual Product Hub activity.
- Re-check the KEV catalogue and vendor advisories weekly, as the NVD status is still Awaiting Analysis.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2026 www.oracle.com
- Vulners CVE record CVE-2026-101854 vulners.com
- Strix CVE-2026-101854 www.strix.ai
- Rescana: Oracle E-Business Suite CVE-2026-101767 and October 2026 CPU www.rescana.com
- Arxdome: Oracle CPU October 2026 arxdome.com
- Waratek: Oracle October 2026 CPU waratek.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, 15:15.
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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