What is CVE-2026-60973?

CVE-2026-60973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-07-21.

How severe is CVE-2026-60973?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Oracle E-Business Suite

CVE-2026-60973

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).

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.002 (5.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Oracle E-business_suite
Oracle E-business_tax
Oracle Corporation E-business Tax — versions 12.2.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-60973?: CVE-2026-60973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-60973?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.