Improper privilege management in Oracle E-Business Tax
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
Vulnerability in the Oracle E-Business Tax 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 logon to the infrastructure where Oracle E-Business Tax executes to compromise Oracle E-Business Tax. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle E-Business Tax. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle | Oracle E-Business Tax | 12.2.3 – 12.2.15 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Oracle E-Business Tax VendorOracle Affected 12.2.3 – 12.2.15 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Oracle E-Business Tax — oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-43618 Improper access control in Oracle E-Business TaxPriority LOW 37
- TI-2026-43616 Improper access control in Oracle E-Business TaxPriority LOW 37
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-60973
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hwm5-8qqm-52fw
References
Advisory 1
More Oracle E-business Tax vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-01948 Vulnerability in the Oracle E-Business Tax product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-43618 Improper access control in Oracle E-Business Tax CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-43616 Improper access control in Oracle E-Business Tax CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-49501 Missing authentication in Oracle E-Business Tax CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-60973 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-60973 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hwm5-8qqm-52fw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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