# CVE-2026-62491: Missing authorization in Oracle Purchasing

> A low-privileged attacker can exploit this vulnerability to unauthorizedly read, create, delete, or modify critical data in Oracle Purchasing.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g464-fxhm-5qg2

## What is CVE-2026-62491?

CVE-2026-62491 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Purchasing, published on 18 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Purchasing 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 network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Purchasing.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in  unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Purchasing accessible data as well as  unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Purchasing accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-62491?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Purchasing.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-62491?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-62491 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-62491 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-62491 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Purchasing

- [CVE-2026-87163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87163/): Privilege escalation in Oracle Purchasing (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-70948](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70948/): Auth bypass in Oracle Purchasing (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-87166](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87166/): Missing authorization in Oracle Purchasing (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2026-87167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87167/): Missing authorization in Oracle Purchasing (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2026-87168](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87168/): Missing authorization in Oracle Purchasing (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-62491 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-62491 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Purchasing, published on 18 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-62491 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Purchasing. 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-2026-62491/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-62491/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-62491
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62491
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62491

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