# CVE-2026-60836: Privilege escalation in Oracle HCM Common Architecture

> High-privileged attackers can exploit this vulnerability to take over Oracle HCM Common Architecture, leading to full system compromise.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c3rp-chff-6w23

## What is CVE-2026-60836?

CVE-2026-60836 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle HCM Common Architecture, published on 21 Jul 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle HCM Common Architecture 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 high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle HCM Common Architecture.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle HCM Common Architecture. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-60836?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Hcm Common Architecture.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-60836?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-60836 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-60836 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-60836 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle HCM Common Architecture

- [CVE-2026-70773](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70773/): Missing authorization in Oracle HCM Common Architecture (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2026-34297](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34297/): Information disclosure in Oracle HCM Common Architecture (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-21857](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21857/): Missing authorization in HCM Common Architecture (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-60836 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-60836 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle HCM Common Architecture, published on 21 Jul 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-60836 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle HCM Common Architecture. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60836/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60836/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-60836
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60836
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-60836

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