CVE-2026-60973 Privilege escalation in Oracle E-Business Tax

High 7.8 Published 21 Jul 2026 Updated 24 Jul 2026

A low-privileged attacker with local access can escalate privileges to take over the Oracle E-Business Tax application.

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-2026-60973?

CVE-2026-60973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Tax, 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 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).

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-60973?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle E-Business Tax.

How do I fix CVE-2026-60973?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-60973 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-60973 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-60973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hwm5-8qqm-52fw.