CVE-2026-61079 Race condition in Oracle GoldenGate
A high-privileged attacker with local access can exploit a race condition to read or modify data and cause a denial of service in Oracle GoldenGate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-61079?
CVE-2026-61079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle GoldenGate, published on 21 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Vulnerability in Oracle GoldenGate (component: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are 19.1.0.0.0-19.30.0.0, 21.3-21.21 and 23.4-23.26.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle GoldenGate executes to compromise Oracle GoldenGate. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle GoldenGate accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle GoldenGate accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle GoldenGate. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-61079?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Goldengate.
How do I fix CVE-2026-61079?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-61079 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-61079 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-61079 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle GoldenGate
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v4jj-q5qf-cc8v.