# CVE-2026-70694: Missing authorization in Oracle Payments

> High-privileged attackers can compromise Oracle Payments to read, create, delete, or modify critical data via HTTP.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f26h-69c3-5hr9

## What is CVE-2026-70694?

CVE-2026-70694 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Payments, published on 18 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Payments product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: File Transmission).  Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Payments.  While the vulnerability is in Oracle Payments, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change).  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in  unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Payments accessible data as well as  unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Payments accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.7 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-70694?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Payments.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-70694?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-70694 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-70694 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70694 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Payments

- [CVE-2026-60782](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60782/): Auth bypass in Oracle Payments (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-2775](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2775/): Missing authorization in Payments (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-70702](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70702/): Missing authorization in Oracle Payments (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2026-60778](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60778/): Missing authorization in Oracle Payments (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2026-70695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70695/): Missing authorization in Oracle Payments (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-70694 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-70694 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Payments, published on 18 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70694 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Payments. 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-2026-70694/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70694/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-70694
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70694
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70694

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.