CVE-2026-60271 Privilege escalation in Oracle Coherence

High 7.8 Published 21 Jul 2026 Updated 23 Jul 2026

A local attacker with low privileges can escalate rights to fully compromise the Oracle Coherence server, requiring immediate patching.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2026-60271?

CVE-2026-60271 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Coherence, published on 21 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Coherence product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.1.0.0, 14.1.2.0.0 and 15.1.1.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Coherence executes to compromise Oracle Coherence. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Coherence. 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).

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-60271?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Coherence.

How do I fix CVE-2026-60271?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-60271 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-60271 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-60271 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Coherence vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mr8m-ww49-qwjv.