CVE-2026-61061 Privilege escalation in Oracle JDeveloper

High 7.0 Published 21 Jul 2026 Updated 24 Jul 2026

A local attacker with low privileges can escalate rights to take over Oracle JDeveloper, requiring a patch to mitigate the risk.

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-2026-61061?

CVE-2026-61061 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle JDeveloper, 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 JDeveloper product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Security Framework). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle JDeveloper executes to compromise Oracle JDeveloper. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle JDeveloper. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-61061?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Jdeveloper.

How do I fix CVE-2026-61061?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-61061 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-61061 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-61061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r8wp-652f-677f.